ABSTRACT
Today the concept of learning is everywhere. Learning labs, learning centres, courses on self-reflexive learning, etc., just to mention a few areas in which the concept of learning has disclosed itself in the last couple of years. The concept of learning has become a major ‘buzz’ word in academic discourses in Denmark. However, when listening to the interview tapes with apprentices, as part of analysing qualitative data in the research project ‘Learning in Modern Danish Vocational Training’, I realized that they did not address issues of learning as much as notions of economy when they discussed education. I began to notice this discrepancy and started to wonder why I, and many other people, with a profound interest in learning never relate to issues of economy in discussions about learning. Instead, we seem to neglect the economic influence on learning entirely.
