The work-related knowledge of hydrometer readers

Authors

  • Ângela Beatriz Cavalli Rodrigues

Abstract

This article is a synthesis of the results of a research project undertaken for a master’s degree at the Graduate Studies Program in Education of the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS. The research project is located in the area of Labor and Education studies and starts from the understanding that the workplace is an educational space. Through a qualitative survey, it investigates the work-related knowledge of 13 public workers who are in charge of the water consumption reading in the capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre. Thus, it aims to contribute to the studies about the prescribed and the real knowledge produced at the workplace, examining them on the basis of the public sphere.

Key words: education, knowledge in work situations, public worker, work as an educational principle.

Downloads

Published

2021-06-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2006): May/August

Section

Articles

License

I grant the journal Educação Unisinos the first publication of my article, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (which allows sharing of work, recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal).

I confirm that my article is not being submitted to another publication and has not been published in its entirely on another journal. I take full responsibility for its originality and I will also claim responsibility for charges from claims by third parties concerning the authorship of the article.

I also agree that the manuscript will be submitted according to the journal’s publication rules described above.