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Jingzhou Liu; Shibao Guo – Studies in Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the workplace learning of immigrant settlement workers (ISWs) at immigrant service agencies (ISAs) in Canada. Adopting a combination of governmentality and workplace subjectivity as its theoretical framework and institutional ethnography as its methodology, the study examines three forms of workplace subjectivity. First,…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Immigrants, Land Settlement, Foreign Countries
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Planche, Beate; Hobbs-Johnson, Audrey; Elliott, Sue; Campbell, Carol – Learning Professional, 2022
In Canada, there is no federal department of education, nor is there a national system of education. Education is the responsibility of provinces and territories, and provincial education ministries lead the organization, implementation, and assessment of education within their jurisdictions. What this means for professional learning is that each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Workplace Learning, Standards
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Maureen Emily Kenny; Mary Beth Medvide; Pamela Gordon – Gifted Education International, 2024
Building on prior research documenting associations between youth purpose and academic, psychological and physical well-being, this study examined the contributions of workplace learning (WPL) to youth purpose and internal motivation among 281 youth of diverse racial and ethnic identities and economic status enrolled in two high school networks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Catholic Schools, Public Schools
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Perry, J. Adam – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
Grounded in an analysis of interviews with migrant farm workers in Canada, this article explores how learning in the everyday contexts of temporary transnational labor migration is implicated in both migrant identity formation and the social reproduction of an established and growing labor migration regime. The article focuses on thinking through…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Migrant Workers, Workplace Learning, Seasonal Laborers
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Hussain, Aman; Rossi, Tony; Rynne, Steven – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
The use of mobile information and communication technologies within health and medical education contexts is widespread and generally viewed positively. Such technologies are primarily used for information seeking and are often undertaken informally. This qualitative, phenomenological study offers not only a deep and contextually sensitive…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Physicians, Hospitals
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Nathan J. Devos – TESL Canada Journal, 2023
Proficient communication, particularly reading comprehension, is vital for career progression, yet many college-level English as an Additional Language (EAL) students encounter hurdles in this area. Weak reading skills can impede job prospects, underscoring the need for tailored interventions during students' studies. Therefore, post-entry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Instructional Materials, English (Second Language)
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Tessier, Alexandra; Croteau, Claire; Voyer, Brigitte – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to explore the usability of the andragogical process model for learning to develop, deliver and evaluate training to improve communication between adapted transport drivers and people living with communication disabilities and to identify the successes and limitations of the model in this context.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Workplace Learning, Professional Training, Professional Development
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Peter Sawchuk – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
As life course research has long recognized, work and careers are what Pearlin (1988; p.259) describes as "durable arrangements" that serve to "organize experience over time." However, understanding (a) the specific impacts of the alienations and contradictions of work and society under capitalism as well as (b) the analytic…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Political Attitudes, Work Experience, Personal Autonomy
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Yang An; Yushi Duan; Yuchen Zhang – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2024
Higher education informatization (HEI) is an interdisciplinary field that examines the use and integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in higher education. This paper provides a bibliometric and visual analysis of the research trends, patterns, and topics in this field. Using the Web of Science database, the authors…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Educational Research, Higher Education, Information Technology
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Aspeling, Jonathan M.; Mason, Roger B. – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2020
E-learning is of increasing importance in delivering flexible and distributed programmes for workforce skill development such as induction, product knowledge, systems compliance, and customer service. This research consists of a desktop exploratory review of e-learning concepts, policies, surveys, and a set of proposals and recommendations from…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Labor Force Development, Retailing
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Zegwaard, Karsten E.; Johansson, Kristina; Kay, Judie; McRae, Norah; Ferns, Sonia; Hoskyn, Katharine – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2019
Many governments are expecting higher education institutions to make strong links between the educational offerings and employability while many employers are demanding graduates with prior workplace or community engagement before entering the workplace. As higher education institutions respond to these challenges, work-integrated learning (WIL)…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Workplace Learning, Integrated Activities, Higher Education
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Adams, Tracey; Sawchuk, Peter H. – Vocations and Learning, 2021
An extensive body of workplace learning literature documents the changing nature of professional learning, knowledge and work, but the tensions between the distinctive purposes and interests of professions and organizations have not received the same level of attention. The sociology of professions literature in contrast has paid an enormous…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Nurses, Workplace Learning
Febria, Monina; Jones, Theresa – World Education Services, 2023
Immigrant and refugee youth in Canada -- despite high levels of educational attainment -- tend to experience higher rates of unemployment and are more likely to work in low-skilled, low-wage jobs than their Canadian-born counterparts. COVID-19 has exacerbated these employment disparities. Despite the increasing number of job vacancies, Canada is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Immigrants, Labor Market
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Winchester-Seeto, Theresa; Rowe, Anna D. – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2019
Debriefing is used across many disciplines and for different purposes in work-integrated learning (WIL), but there remains much ambiguity about what debriefing actually is, and what it entails. This study explored conceptualizations of debriefing for 35 WIL practitioners. located across a range of disciplines, professions, institutions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Reflection
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Simper, Natalie; Gauthier, Launa; Scott, Jill – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to outline a proof of concept for a framework to support students in reflecting on and in articulating their disciplinary, contextual and professional learning in the workplace. The purpose of the framework was to help students to recognize and articulate their transferable employability skills in preparation for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Workplace Learning, Reflection, Models
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