Mimetic Learning at Work Learning in the Circumstances of Practice /

• Main Author: Billett, Stephen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Medical education.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Medical Education.

This book examines the concept of mimetic learning at work and discusses processes of observation, imitation and practice that is central to learn through and for work. It elaborates the contributions to that learning from the experiences and lessons gained from social sources and the natural world,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1 – Mimetic learning in and for work
• Chapter 2– Learning through practice across human history
• Chapter 3– Work-life learning as mimetic
• Chapter 4 – Supporting mimetic learning: Curriculum, pedagogic and personal epistemologies
• Chapter 5 – Implications for practice
• References
• Indexes.