Theories of Work, Place and Learning: New Direction

This chapter sets out to explore new ideas and directions for the concept of Workplace Learning. It suggests that the three terms included in the composite, that is, Work, Place and Learning, each need to be considered more broadly than has been the case in the last 50 years and that the combination of the three should invoke some new thinking in this ‘ultramodern’ age of the twenty-first century. In addition, the chapter presents a number of suggested challenges which could necessitate different approaches to a wide range of workplace learning thinking and activities as this twenty-first century unfolds.