| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 117 pages). |
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text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
SpringerBriefs in education,
2211-193X
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SpringerBriefs in education.
2211-1921
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This book investigates the integration of literary writing into work based or business writing. It proposes ways of how to help people with considerable work experience use literature to engage with the problems they face in their work. Many people like to read for pleasure, but their skills in reading could always be improved. This book makes an original contribution to the fields of education, work based learning and business by encouraging students to explore history, memoir, fiction, and non-fiction to model their own writing and widen their knowledge beyond the work place and their customary reading. Inside are onsite experiments with fiction and non-fiction prose that show how people in the workplace respond and grow from contact with significant literature and culture that relates broadly to their work. As a Coaching Master's student observes: "I have not been a prolific reader. It has been a weakness and a gap. I have probably read more in the last year [during the project course] than I have read in the past twenty years. So that says something. My ability to attend to what in a book has weight or relevance has markedly improved. In the past I banked largely on my opinions because not being a prolific reader, I had to. It can be incredibly empowering to see that there are so many assets outside of my own mind. When something comes up now, I tend to weigh it. I am more specific about how I use words." |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Opening up a World of Literature at Toshiba; Introduction; Background and Definitions; Work, Identity and Reflection; Voice; The Value of the Humanities; Phronêsis or Practical Wisdom; Conclusion -- 3. Quest for Leadership at Wembley Stadium; Introduction; "The Graduate"; Background; Leadership at Wembley; Leadership and Ethics; Leadership and Creativity; Stories and Public Voices; Power; Antonio Gramsci; Conclusion -- 4. Halifax: The Cornerstone of Learning; Introduction; Background and Context; Literature and Liberty; The Actual Materials; The Business Plan--A Two-Way Street; Babbitt Saves Banking: A Discussion on Literature; Ethics and Trust; Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night, Sunday Morning and Niall Ferguson's The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1789-1848; The Reflective Piece: An Opportunity to Tell One's Story, Albeit Briefly -- 5. Sofra Restaurant Group: The Untold Stories; Introduction and Context; The Success of Telling Stories; Appreciating Stories; Motivation and Interest; Wisdom -- 6. Developing Criticality Through Reading Novels; Introduction; The Value of Participation; Babbitt: New Ways to See the World; The Loneliness of the Lecturer--Stoner; My Life as a Dog: Old Yeller; The Value of Literature; Concluding Remarks: Silver Wings into the Heavens and Full Mast into the Wind. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literature -- Study and teaching.
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Literature -- Study and teaching. |
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Business writing -- Case studies.
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Business writing. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Work environment -- Social aspects.
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Work environment -- Social aspects. |
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Work environment. |
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Teaching skills & techniques. |
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Teaching of a specific subject. |
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Industrial or vocational training. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. |
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eastman, C.A. (Christine A.). Improving workplace learning by teaching literature. Switzerland : Springer, [2016] 3319290266 (DLC) 2016935596 (OCoLC)932095810 |
| ISBN |
9783319290287 (electronic book) |
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3319290282 (electronic book) |
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9783319290263 (print) |
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3319290266 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-29028-7 |
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