Contents
Introduction by
D.W. Livingstone
PART ONE PRIOR RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
Chapter One
Prior Concepts and Theories of the Relationship between Workers and
Jobs
D.W. Livingstone and K.V. Pankhurst
Two
Prior Empirical Research on Education-Job Matching
D.W. Livingstone
Three
Starting with
The
Education-Jobs Gap
D.W. Livingstone
PART TWO SURVEYING THE GAPS
Four
Education and Jobs Survey Profile I: National Trends in Employment
Conditions, Job Requirements, Workers’ Learning and Matching,
1983–2004
D.W. Livingstone and Milosh Raykov
Five
Education and Jobs Survey Profile II: Employment Conditions, Job
Requirements, Workers’ Learning and Matching, by Employee Class and
Specific Occupational Group, 2004
D.W. Livingstone and Milosh Raykov
PART THREE EXPLORING THE GAPS: CASE STUDIES
Six
Elements of an Integrated Theory of Work and Learning
K.V.
Pankhurst
Seven
Continual Learning, Autonomy, and Competency among High School
Teachers
Meredith Lordan
Eight
Staying Current in Computer Programming: The Importance of Informal
Learning and Task Discretion in Maintaining Job Competence
Johanna Weststar
Nine
Clerical Workers: Work and Learning in Fragmenting Workplaces
Marion Radsma
Ten
Auto Workers’ Learning in Lean Production
D.W. Livingstone and Olivia Wilson
Eleven
Struggling to Remain Employed: Learning Strategies of Workers with
Disabilities and the Education-Job Match
Sandria Officer
PART FOUR CONCLUSIONS
Twelve
The Relationship between Learning and Work: Empirical Evidence from
the Case Studies
K.V.
Pankhurst
Thirteen
Education and Jobs: The Way Ahead
D.W. Livingstone and K.V. Pankhurst
