With contributions by leading edge workplace analysts and practitioners from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Sweden, the book presents a fresh and challenging international perspective on the following key themes:
-competence and being competent in the world of work
-experience, common sense and expertise in workplace learning
-social practices and literacies in the workplace
-developing smart, self-directed workers
-taking responsibility for learning in workplaces
-empowering workers as learners in the workplace

Introduction; Part A. Megatrends: Setting the Scene in the Changing World of Work: 1. Changes in Work and Social Life at the Dawn of the 21st Century Part B. Critical Aspects for Workplace Education: 2. Competence - The Basic for a Smart Workforce 3. Experience, Common Sense and Expertise in Workplace Learning 4. Getting Smart Around Literacy: Social Practice, Workplaces and the Workforce in New Times Part C. Pedagogical Implications: 5. Performance at Work: Identifying Smart Work Practice 6. Workers' Texts, Identities and Learning Possibilities in the Smart Workforce 7. Transfer of Learning to Strengthen Workplace Training Part D. Directions: 8. Lifelong and Life-broad Learning