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Liljenberg, Mette; Ärlestig, Helene; Nordholm, Daniel – Journal of Educational Administration, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to expand knowledge on Swedish principals' professional development (PD) from the perspectives of superintendents. In particular, the article analyzes how superintendents understand and organize PD for principals. Design/methodology/approach: Empirical data are derived from a strategic sample of ten (n = 10)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Professional Development
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Sjöberg, David; Holmgren, Robert – Vocations and Learning, 2021
In the literature, informal learning is considered to be of great importance to employees' development of workplace learning. The aim of this study, which involves respondents from a Swedish police education unit, was to contribute knowledge about Swedish police education teachers' informal learning as regards conditions for learning, learning…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Police Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
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Vallo Hult, Helena; Byström, Katriina – Studies in Continuing Education, 2022
Digitalisation does not only transform material constructions of workplaces and work but also social constructions for employees' interaction and learning at work. In this paper, we explore emerging challenges related to the digitalisation of workplaces aiming for an understanding of the changing prerequisites for working and competence. Our…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Information Systems, Technology, Automation
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Bernhardsson, Lennarth – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2023
This article describes students' experiences of different activities arranged by a Swedish university in connection with their internship. The article presents two approaches for conducting seminars while students are on an internship. One student group attends formal, structured seminars while the other group attends seminars in the form of focus…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Seminars, College Students
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De Wever, Bram; Hämäläinen, Raija; Nissinen, Kari; Mannonen, Joonas; Van Nieuwenhove, Lisse – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
This study focuses on the problem solving skills in technology-rich environments of teachers. PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) data on adults' (n = 11,294) competencies, is used to investigate how problem solving skills of teachers are associated with sociodemographic, work-related, and everyday-life related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Problem Solving, Skills
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Wastesson, Karin; Eriksson, Anna Fogelberg; Nilsson, Peter; Gustavsson, Maria – Vocations and Learning, 2021
The purpose of this article is to explore first-line managers' experiences of workplace learning in elderly care, with a particular focus on the conditions for learning when entering a new workplace as the new manager. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 35 first-line managers from three organisations in Sweden. Four learning conditions…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Administrators, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
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Davidsson, Eva; Stigmar, Martin – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: Previous research has pointed to a lack of studies concerning supervision training courses. Consequently, the literature has little to suggest, and the research field is underexplored, so questions around the content and design of supervision training courses remain unanswered and need to be addressed systematically. The main aim of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervisory Training, Course Descriptions, Course Content
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Rönnlund, Maria; Rosvall, Per-Åke – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
Students in vocational education may experience situations during on-the-job training in which power relations are strongly manifested, with considerable potential for learning about democracy that have been far from fully explored. Thus, here we analyse how Swedish vocational education and training (VET) students perceived and experienced power…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Experience, Power Structure, Workplace Learning
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Eslahchi, Morteza – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to examine how a social entrepreneurial organisation in Sweden collectively learned to adapt itself to the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: Using an abductive approach, this study conducted single case fieldwork on a social entrepreneurial organisation called SFE. The following research questions were asked:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship
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Ferm, Lisa; Gustavsson, Maria – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Purpose: This article investigates female vocational students' strategies for becoming part of a workplace community, what these strategies are and how they are tied to the formation of vocational identities within male-dominated industrial work. Of particular interest is how female students enrolled on Swedish upper secondary industrial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, Females
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Karlsen, Jan Terje; Balsvik, Erika; Rønnevik, Marie – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to investigate which "a priori" factors documented in the literature and new factors that influence employees' self-regulated microlearning behavior and the utilization of internal microlearning platforms in organizations. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a single-case study on a Swedish retail…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gamification, Independent Study, Technology Uses in Education
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Sjöberg Forssberg, Karin; Parding, Karolina; Vänje, Annika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss conditions for workplace learning in gender-segregated workplaces in the public sector, how social constructions of gender contribute to (or constrain) the workplace learning conditions within two workplace contexts. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out through an…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Educational Environment, Organizational Culture
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Benerdal, Malin – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
Incorporation into the labour market is a key endeavour, of heightened importance in recent years due to high migration flows, for both immigrants and their recipient countries. Hence, activation and employability are major themes in both transnational and national policy discussions, which have generated various programmes and policy measures.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Immigrants, Employer Attitudes
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Solheim, Marte C. W.; Moss, Sigrun Marie – Learning Organization, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explain how theories of inter-organizational learning can create new insights and nuances to how processes of intra-organizational learning come about in a single, complex and multi-sited organization. Design/methodology/approach: A constructivist thematic analysis of the "Handbook of Feminist Foreign…
Descriptors: International Relations, Constructivism (Learning), Guides, Feminism
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Asplund, Fredrik; Flening, Elias – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The transition from engineering student to early career engineer is often difficult as not all skills that constitute effective engineering practice are formally taught. Work placements are suggested as a solution by providing opportunities to learn skills that academia is unable to teach. However, academic requirements for skills such as research…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Job Placement, Education Work Relationship, Masters Programs
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