Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
A WORKERS' EDUCATION CURRICULUM WITH NO PRODUCTION ISSUES? GAPS IN WORKERS' EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. |
| Alternate Title: |
KURIKULUM ZA IZOBRAŽEVANJE DELAVCEV, KI NE OBRAVNAVA TEM IZ PROIZVODNJE? VRZELI V IZOBRAŽEVANJU DELAVCEV V JUŽNI AFRIKI. |
| Authors: |
Hlatshwayo, Mondli1 mshlatshwayo@uj.ac.za |
| Source: |
Studies in Adult Education & Learning / Andragoška Spoznanja. 2026, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p43-59. 17p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Employee education, Labor process, Apartheid, Wages, Office politics, Layoffs, Technological innovations |
| Geographic Terms: |
South Africa |
| Abstract (English): |
Despite massive changes in production, workers' education, especially in South Africa, is misaligned with the radical transformation of the labour process and the introduction of new technologies in the workplace. Understandably, workers' education in South Africa has tended to focus on wages and politics because black labour under Apartheid was cheap. Based on in-depth interviews and internet sources, this research paper shows that workers' education in South Africa generally covers what I call redistribution themes, which include wages, benefits, and, in many instances, politics of upward social mobility at the expense of production, which affects workers negatively in the form of retrenchments, changes in skills, and increased work pace. This omission has effectively left production-related matters in the hands of employers, who prioritise advancing and protecting their profit interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Slovak): |
Kljub velikim spremembam v proizvodnji se izobraževanje delavcev, zlasti v Južni Afriki, ni uskladilo z radikalno preobrazbo delovnega procesa in uvajanjem novih tehnologij na delovnem mestu. Razumljivo je, da se izobraževanje delavcev v Južni Afriki osredotoča na plače in politiko, ker je bila v času apartheida delovna sila črnih delavcev poceni. Na podlagi poglobljenih intervjujev in internetnih virov pokažem, da izobraževanje delavcev v Južni Afriki na splošno zajema teme, ki jih imenujem teme prerazporeditve. Te vključujejo plače, nadomestila in pogoste primere navzgor usmerjene družbene mobilnosti na račun tem, povezanih s proizvodnjo, kar negativno vpliva na delavce zaradi omejevanj, sprememb v zahtevanih spretnostih in povečane hitrosti. Teme, povezane s proizvodnjo, so tako dejansko prepuščene delodajalcem, ki dajejo prednost svojim dobičkonosnim interesom in jih tudi ščitijo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
