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Self-Directed Learning as a Practice of Workplace Learning : Interpretative Repertoires of Self-Directed Learning in ICT Work (2020)

Lemmetty, S., & Collin, K. (2020). Self-Directed Learning as a Practice of Workplace Learning : Interpretative Repertoires of Self-Directed Learning in ICT Work. Vocations and Learning, 13(1), 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-019-09228-x

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Lemmetty, Soila
Collin, Kaija

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Lemmetty, Soila; Collin, Kaija

Lehti tai sarja: Vocations and Learning

ISSN: 1874-785X

eISSN: 1874-7868

Julkaisuvuosi: 2020

Volyymi: 13

Lehden numero: 1

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 47-70

Kustantaja: Springer Netherlands

Julkaisumaa: Alankomaat

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-019-09228-x

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/67396

Tiivistelmä

Changing technologies and competition in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) are challenging the learning of individual workers and teams alongside and through work. Organisations call for employees’ autonomy and self-directedness executed by agile operations and low hierarchies, where learning is also increasingly the responsibility of the individuals and teams themselves and occurs in practice without strong control of the organisation. Therefore, the multidimensional concept of self-directed learning becomes essential in the context of learning at work. In this study, we examine how employees in the ICT sector describe self-directed learning practices in the context of workplace learning. Our data consist of interviews with ICT employees in two organisations, which undergo an applied discourse analysis. The workers talked about self-directed learning as an obliged, creativity-enhanced as well as flexible and fast-paced practice. Self-directed learning was also described as a practice tied to work itself. The paper concludes with a discussion on how these partly conflicting discourses about self-directed learning practice in work could be considered in practices related to enhancing such learning in the ICT field. Suggestions for future investigations are also presented.

YSO-asiasanat: työssäoppiminen; itseohjautuvuus; oppiminen; tieto- ja viestintätekniikka; organisaatiot; diskurssianalyysi

Vapaat asiasanat: työssäoppiminen; itseohjautuvuus; oppiminen; diskurssianalyysi; tieto- ja viestintätekniikka; organisaatiot

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