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Type of work: Essay (Writing) Citation Style: APA Number of pages: 4 pages (1100 words) Number of sources/references: 8 Topic: Labour Relations and HR Subject: Other Line spacing: double Comment: Write a 1100-word essay in APA format to answer to the following question: In what ways is training contested terrain? Ensure that your essay addresses the following questions in depth. 1. How do the training needs and expectations of the workers and employers differ? 2. Which of these needs and expectations conflict? Which converge? 3. How have these differences played out in the operation of sector councils and apprenticeship programs? Ensure that you appropriately reference any material you paraphrase or directly quote. Ensure that you draw upon course knowledge and concepts from Units 2 and 3. Readings from Unit 2 and 3 are: 1. Apprenticeship in Canada: where’s the crisis? by John Meredith in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 2. Union Influence on Worker Education and Training in Canada in Tough Times. By D.W. Livingstone and M. Raykov. 3. Impact of Sector Councils: A Canadian Institution by Morley Gunderson. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12122-011-9119-4#/page-1 4. Changing Employers’ Behaviour About Training by Michael Bloom, Natalie Gagnon, Douglas Watt 5. Learning in Solidarity: A union approach to worker-centred literacy by Tamara Levine. 6. Jackson, N., & Jordan, S. (2000). Learning for work: Contested terrain? Studies in the Educationof Adults, 32:2, 195-211 7. Fenwick, T. (2006). Control, contradiction, and ambivalence: Skill initiatives in Canada.Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education. Toronto: York University. 85-90. 8. 2.Dawson, M. (2008). The value of informal learning in the workplace. The Interplay Between Formal and Informal Learning for Low Skilled Workers. Ottawa: Partnerships in Learning. Case 3, 1-8 .
