Resistance to Learning: A Discussion Based on Participants in In-Service Professional Training Programme.

Atherton, James

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ERIC Number: EJ587054

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Resistance to Learning: A Discussion Based on Participants in In-Service Professional Training Programme.

Atherton, James

Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, v51 n1 p77-90 1999

Interviews with 124 social-services workers in inservice training showed there was more resistance when learning was supplantive (replacing or threatening existing knowledge or skills) than additive. To overcome resistance, trainers can find guidance in crisis-intervention techniques. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Crisis Intervention, Inservice Education, Learning Processes, Resistance (Psychology), Social Services

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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