Workplace learning and experiences are often seen as informal and subsequently ‘informal learning’ occurs. Billet (2002) states that an educational workplace pedagogy exists, and that learning does not just occur in schools and higher education. Workplace education delivers structured goal-directed activities and work practice relevancy so this ‘informal’ tag is actually incorrect. Learning is deemed as being “interdependent between the individual and the social practice” (Billet, 2002). This structuring of learning experiences is shaped and directed towards sustaining the continuity of current practice.
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