This paper seeks to bridge the existing knowledge gap between workplace learning and life course studies by investigating how young adults in the retail industry identify, pursue, and actualise learning opportunities in their workplaces. It considers the elements from their life course that either facilitate or impede these learning opportunities.…

Over the last decades educational researchers and politicians have shown a growing interest in the concept of learning in practice, i.e. learning in the workplace. Learning in practice plays an important role in connection with lifelong learning, as the workplace is an obvious setting for realizing this aim. Theories about learning in practice…

Examined children's perspectives on their work in the retail sector in Denmark. Examined why children work, methods of movement in the marketplace, and differences between good and bad jobs. Found that these perspectives differ in various ways from available documentation on youth employment and they highlight the importance of including the…