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Working and Learning in Vocational Education and Training in the Knowledge EraPage 1Working and Learning inVocational Education andTraining in the Knowledge EraWhat is knowledge work?Any vocational education and training (VET) worker can be a knowledge worker. Knowledgework is not a specific category of work in an organisational sense. It's more about theapproach used to work with knowledge and the mindset that underpins it. The essenceof knowledge work is in how knowledge is generated accessed manipulated transformedand shared so that it has meaning relevance currency and viability in specific local contexts.Knowledge work is more organic than mechanical. It is not a predictable linear or certainprocess. The outcomes from knowledge work are emergent and involve making connectionsand building relationships through which knowledge flows. This leads to spontaneity andnew activities in the workplace.Knowledge work establishes the presence of the knower in the knowledge and movesaway from the notion of prepackaged knowledge to an engagement with the activityof knowing. It represents a shift from thinking about knowledge work in terms of borrowedknowledge to an emphasis on generated knowledge within a context.Active knowing requires knowledge workers to be selfmotivated and flexible in theirlearning to seek out a variety of opportunities and to establish relationships throughprofessional and collegial networks.Knowledge work is a shared responsibility. Organisations need systems to enable knowledgeworkers to work creatively with knowledge and which are flexible enough to adapt to thedemands of this contemporary way of working and learning. Organisational enablersallow individuals with the will motivation and drive to be effective knowledge workers.In knowledge work how you know and who you know is just as important as what youknow! The foundation of knowledge work is flexible thinking and flexible work practices.Knowledge work is an active and dynamic approach and recogn ...

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