MALCOLM BALL
Biographic Data
| ID | 6299443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | MALCOLM BALL |
| GIVEN NAMES | MALCOLM |
| FAMILY NAME | BALL |
| SIGNATURE | BALL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Yorkshire Police |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Learning, labour and union learning representatives
The initiative by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and affiliated trade unions in the UK to appoint trade union learning representatives (ULRs), to promote learning among their members, is a significant development in adult learning. Understandably, the initiative has attracted the attention of academic researchers, but primarily from the discipline of industrial relations, or human resource specialists with a focus on the institutions and practic…
Learning, labour and employability
Public policy in the UK has adopted employability to define the relationship of globalisation, work and learning. This article claims that employability serves the interests of capital. It helps capital to exercise its domination/hegemony over labour and employs a redefined vision of learning as its principal vehicle. Employability is a term that has emerged from the important changes occurring during the late 1970s and 1980s. This article will a…
Considering trade union education as a community of practice
This paper contributes to the continuing discussion about participation and non-participation in formal education by employing the notion of ‘community of practice’ to provide a framework for the study of trade union education. This notion provides a useful form to take account of social context and an appropriate vehicle to mediate the transformation of perspectives. This is a study that demonstrates the importance of social context and particip…
Learning, labour and employability
Public policy in the UK has adopted employability to define the relationship of globalisation, work and learning. This article claims that employability serves the interests of capital. It helps capital to exercise its domination/hegemony over labour and employs a redefined vision of learning as its principal vehicle. Employability is a term that has emerged from the important changes occurring during the late 1970s and 1980s. This article will a…
Considering trade union education as a community of practice
This paper contributes to the continuing discussion about participation and non-participation in formal education by employing the notion of ‘community of practice’ to provide a framework for the study of trade union education. This notion provides a useful form to take account of social context and an appropriate vehicle to mediate the transformation of perspectives. This is a study that demonstrates the importance of social context and particip…
Considering trade union education as a community of practice
This paper contributes to the continuing discussion about participation and non-participation in formal education by employing the notion of ‘community of practice’ to provide a framework for the study of trade union education. This notion provides a useful form to take account of social context and an appropriate vehicle to mediate the transformation of perspectives. This is a study that demonstrates the importance of social context and particip…
Learning, labour and employability
Public policy in the UK has adopted employability to define the relationship of globalisation, work and learning. This article claims that employability serves the interests of capital. It helps capital to exercise its domination/hegemony over labour and employs a redefined vision of learning as its principal vehicle. Employability is a term that has emerged from the important changes occurring during the late 1970s and 1980s. This article will a…
Learning, labour and union learning representatives
The initiative by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and affiliated trade unions in the UK to appoint trade union learning representatives (ULRs), to promote learning among their members, is a significant development in adult learning. Understandably, the initiative has attracted the attention of academic researchers, but primarily from the discipline of industrial relations, or human resource specialists with a focus on the institutions and practic…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Innovative Education and Learning Practices (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Trade union (2 works) · Collective bargaining (1 work)