This paper about consumption as a metaphor for learning follows from some ideas about learning and space that emerged from a research project concerned with everyday learning at work. These learning/work spaces have drawn our attention to the significant consumption (eating and drinking) occurring within them. We suggest that linking everyday…

Describes the contemporary context of collaborative research and explores the experiences of a partnership between the University of Technology-Sydney (Australia) and the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. Concludes that collaboration should not be idealized, building relationships is an ongoing process, and reflexive processes…

Work-based learning as expressed in national qualifications frameworks is discussed within the theoretical context of Foucault's notion of discipline. Argues that the management of worker subjectivity is an essential element of the governmentality of organizations. (SK)