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Gustavsson, Maria; Ekberg, Kerstin – Studies in Continuing Education, 2015
This article reports on the findings of a planned workplace health promotion intervention, and the aim is to identify conditions that facilitated or restricted the learning to promote health at an emergency care department in a Swedish hospital. The study had a longitudinal design, with interviews before and after the intervention and follow-up…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Health Promotion, Intervention, Educational Environment
Harris, Brigitte; Cheng, Kwan Fan; Gorley, Charlotte – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This study aims to describe the design of a provincial government ministry group mentoring program and examine mentees' and mentors' experiences in the program. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 151 mentees rated their satisfaction in a post-program survey. The survey was followed by in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 10…
Descriptors: Barriers, Case Studies, Mentors, Phenomenology
Mavin, Timothy John; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This study aims to contribute to current research on team learning patterns. It specifically addresses some negative perceptions of the job performance learning pattern. Design/methodology/approach: Over a period of three years, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered on pilot learning in the workplace. The instructional modes…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Case Studies, Aviation Education, Cooperative Learning
Singh, Madhu – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This book deals with the relevance of recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of non-formal and informal learning in education and training, the workplace and society. It examines RVA's strategic policy objectives and best practice features as well as the challenges faced and ways forward as reported by Member States. Special attention is…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Informal Education, Vocational Education, Global Approach
O'Toole, Sean – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
This article describes the various aspects of human resources development and highlights the intersections and the differences between what are often mistakenly viewed as interchangeable concepts. It argues that, while it is generally accepted that developing staff is fundamental to good organisational health and business outcomes, a clear…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Adult Education, Job Training, Organizational Development
von Treuer, Kathryn; McHardy, Katherine; Earl, Celisha – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Workplace training is a key strategy often used by organisations to optimise performance. Further, trainee motivation is a key determinant of the degree to which the material learned in a training programme will be transferred to the workplace, enhancing the performance of the trainee. This study investigates the relationship between several…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Organizational Culture, Human Resources
Kriegel, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In today's global and high-tech economy, the primary contributing factor to sustainable competitive advantage is the strategic development of employees, an organization's only unique asset. However, with four generations actively present in the workforce and the proliferation of web-based learning as a key method for developing…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Cognitive Style, Preferences, Cohort Analysis
Herman, Phillip; Wardrip, Peter; Hall, Ashley; Chimino, Amy – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Improving systematic use of student data to inform the work of teachers, schools, and districts has become a hot topic in education reform. Learning Forward's Standards for Professional Learning stress better use of data, and particularly student performance data, within an integrated approach to improving practice. While better use of data by…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Improvement, Workplace Learning
What's Best for Our Students? Outcomes Are the Driving Force at One High-Achieving Elementary School
Kinzer, Cathy; Taft, Laura – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Monte Vista Elementary School is one of 24 K-5 elementary schools in Las Cruces Public Schools, an urban district in southern New Mexico. The school's 450 students reflect the diversity of its Southwestern community: 75% Hispanic, 17% English language learners, and 68% free or reduced lunch, thus qualifying Monte Vista as a Title I school. Monte…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, High Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Clauset, Karl H.; Murphy, Carlene U. – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Through learning communities, schools can change to strengthen educator practice and improve student learning outcomes. So can districts. For 20 years, the authors have helped states, districts, and schools in the United States and Canada implement Whole-Faculty Study Groups, a design for learning communities. During the 2010-11 school year, they…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Inquiry
Muller, Normann; Behringer, Friederike – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
This paper provides an overview of the available information concerning selected policy instruments intended to promote employer-provided training, including the stated rationale and objectives, the target groups and operational design as well as a at a summary of the evaluative evidence regarding their operation. The analysis focuses on policy…
Descriptors: Incentives, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Grants
James, Ian – International Journal of Training Research, 2012
The paper explores ways that vocational education and training (VET) might become involved in the development of moral "know-how", ready for workplace practice. The primary concern here is the transformation of earlier-learnt ethical principles to their applied moral behaviour, essential for appropriate practice within workplace…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Construction Industry
McGill, Tanya; Armarego, Jocelyn; Koppi, Tony – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2012
The teaching-research nexus concept has been extensively examined in the higher education literature, and the importance of industry linkages in information and communications technology (ICT) education has also been widely discussed. However, to date there has been little recognition of the full extent of relationships between aspects of…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Information Technology, Technology Education, Industry
Travers, Nan L. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore faculty definitions of college-level learning in order to develop a universal definition to assist employers, career counselors, and academic institutions in assessing college-level workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach: Faculty were administered an electronic survey to gather definitions…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Definitions, Counselors, Methods
Shreeve, Alison; Smith, Catherine – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
In this article we examine how 19 students in creative arts disciplines in two universities experience work in not-for-profit and public sectors. We explore the notion of transfer from university education and suggest that "creative transfer" is taking place, often in more than one direction. Students draw on their life-wide experiences…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Art Education, Transfer of Training, Creativity