Grooving to the same tunes
Learning, training and productive systems in the aerobics studio
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2373174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Felstead (0000-0002-8851-4289, Cardiff University), Alison Fuller (0000-0002-1190-8407, University of Southampton), Nick Jewson (Cardiff University), Konstantinos Kakavelakis (0000-0003-1841-4298, Cardiff University), Lorna Unwin (0000-0002-4755-7004, University of London) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-208 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017007076626 |
| OpenAlex | W2117944735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 16 |
Closing the productivity gap with other nations has become a mantra of public policy in the UK. Promoting participation in learning and training is seen as the principal means of narrowing the gap. While tracking episodes of training is relatively easy, it is not clear what is learnt, by whom and why. This article examines these questions among a specific occupational group - exercise to music instructors - whose numbers have grown significantly in recent years. It identifies two productive systems through which these aerobic classes are delivered. Each has different consequences for learning. Under one regime, training expands horizons and develops abilities, while under the second instructors are taught to conform and follow scripts written by others.The article argues that 'training' can lead to different learning outcomes and that these are best understood through an analysis of the productive systems in which training and learning takes place
Closing (real estate · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Linguistics · Mantra · Pedagogy · Political science · Principal (computer security · Productivity · Public relations · Scripting language · Sociology · Tracking (education · Training (meteorology · Computer Science · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation · Psychology
Voice in French corporate training
Fitness industry business models
Work as dance
Working out
Being a Group Fitness Instructor during the Covid-19 Crisis
In the mix’
Spirits, dancing in the flesh’
The standardization process of movement in the fitness industry
Finding fun in the fatigue
Doing for group exercise what McDonald's did for hamburgers’
Serious leisure and professional identity in branded fitness
Embodying Industrial Knowledge
Mind the gap
Closing the age gap? Age, skills and the experience of work in Great Britain
Rethinking Situated Learning
Serving and consuming
The Gym and the Beach
Workers, Managers, and Customers
Labor and monopoly capital
Music in Everyday Life
Learning as Apprentices in the Contemporary UK Workplace
Wal-Mart
The governance of global value chains
Keeping in Step
Work at Leisure and Leisure at Work
The Corporate Paradox
Occupational Licensing
Interaction Order and Beyond
The Circuit Trainer's Habitus
Call configurations
Working Out the Contradictions
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |