Praxis: The Work-Based Learning Journal is now live. 

With the publication of its first peer-reviewed article, Praxis establishes a dedicated scholarly home for work-based learning as a field of knowledge grounded in contribution, recognition, and social trust. 

This milestone builds directly on the earlier announcements shared in August and September 2025. At that time, CAWBL introduced the vision for a journal that would support research, practice, and system-level innovation in work-based learning. Now, that vision has taken shape. 

A Field-Defining First Article 

The inaugural article, “The Invisible System: Naming the Epistemology, Ontology, and Praxis of Work-Based Learning as a Transdisciplinary Field,” by Jeremy McQuigge, C.Mgr., establishes a conceptual foundation for work-based learning as a legitimate and self-anchored domain. 

The article introduces contributive epistemology as the theory that explains how knowledge emerges through acts of contribution and gains validity through social recognition. It also outlines the ontological commitments that sustain this position and describes how facilitation, assessment, and stewardship can align with contribution as knowledge. 

Together, these foundations position work-based learning not as a delivery method within education systems, but as a transdisciplinary field with relevance across workforce, policy, and community contexts. Together, these elements create a shared platform where the field can define itself on its own terms. 

Peer Review as Contribution

TPraxis launched its first article through an open peer-review process designed to reflect the values of the field itself. 

Rather than relying solely on traditional blind review models, CAWBL invited researchers, practitioners, employers, and contributors to participate directly in shaping the article. Eleven reviewers from across the globe responded to the call, contributing more than 80 hours of collective review and providing 88 distinct pieces of feedback spanning methods, evidence, and contribution. 

As a result, the reviewers delivered a decisive pass with minor revision, confirming both the strength of the article and the relevance of its theoretical framing. 

This approach demonstrates how Praxis treats peer review as part of the knowledge infrastructure of work-based learning itself. 

Naming the Architecture of Work-Based Learning 

For decades, people have built knowledge through contribution across roles, sectors, and communities. However, scholarship has lacked a stable conceptual framework to describe that activity as a coherent system. 

The first article in Praxis addresses that gap directly. 

By introducing contributive epistemology and aligning it with global recognition frameworks referenced by OECD, UNESCO, and Cedefop, the article establishes a foundation for professional roles, recognition models, and research coherence across the field. 

In doing so, it helps make visible what has always existed in practice. 

Building a Global Forum for the Field 

Praxis now provides an open-access platform where researchers, practitioners, employers, and policy leaders can participate in shaping the future of work-based learning. 

Importantly, the journal does more than report on developments in the field. It creates the space where the architecture of work-based learning can be named, examined, and advanced as a system in its own right. 

Read the First Article 

We invite you to read the inaugural peer-reviewed article and engage with the foundations of work-based learning as a transdisciplinary field: http://praxis.cawbl.ca/index.php/journal/en

Interested in contributing to the work-based learning journal or participating in future issues of Praxis? Reach out to start a conversation!