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Parding, Karolina; Berg-Jansson, Anna – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to examine and discuss learning conditions for teachers, in the context of choice and decentralisation reforms. Design/methodology/approach: This article is based on analyses of 30 interviews with Swedish upper secondary teachers focusing on their experiences of their conditions for learning. Findings: This paper shows how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Falkenström, Erica; Ohlsson, Jon; Höglund, Anna T – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to explore what kind of ethical competence healthcare managers need in handling conflicts of interest (COI). The aim is also to highlight essential learning processes to develop healthcare managers' ethical competence. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study was performed. Semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Ethics, Competence, Health Services, Administrators
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Rovio-Johansson, Airi – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: The paper aims to examine, within the context of professional practice and learning, how designers collaboratively working in international teams experience practice-based learning and how such occasions contribute to professional development. Design/methodology/approach: The paper introduces the cooperation project between Tibro Training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Instructional Design, Educational Practices
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Islind, Anna Sigridur; Lundh Snis, Ulrika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand how the role of an mHealth artifact plays out in home care settings. An mHealth artifact, in terms of a mobile app, was tested to see how the quality of home care work practice was enhanced and changed. The research question is: In what ways does an mHealth artifact re-shape a home care practice and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Caregivers, Older Adults, Action Research
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Gustavsson, Maria – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate individuals' learning and propensity for changing their job situation during downsizing in a company. Design/methodology/approach: A case study was carried out in an industrial company that had undergone major downsizing to adapt to changes in production. Approximately 100 employees retrained at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Layoff, Dislocated Workers, Motivation