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Teachers' Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environments: A Call for Workplace Learning and Opportunities to Develop Professionally
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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
Vocational Knowledge in Motion: Rethinking Vocational Knowledge through Vocational Teachers' Professional Development
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Broad, Janet Hamilton – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
The paper presents empirical data to consider some of the current debates concerning the nature of vocational knowledge taught in Further Education colleges to students following craft, vocational and occupational courses. The concept of "knowledge in motion" and workplace learning theories are employed as a conceptual framework to…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Workplace Learning, Learning Theories
Evaluating Academic Workplaces: The Hyper-Expansive Environment Experienced by University Lecturers in Professional Fields
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Boyd, Pete; Smith, Caroline; Ilhan Beyaztas, Dilek – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
Academic developers need to understand the situated workplaces of the academic tribes they are supporting. This study proposes the use of the expansive--restrictive workplace learning environment continuum as a tool for evaluation of academic workplaces. The tool is critically appraised through its application to the analysis of workplace…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions, College Faculty, Nursing Education
Leadership for Professional Development and Learning: Enhancing Our Understanding of How Teachers Develop
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Evans, Linda – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2014
The educational research community has made great strides in clarifying and enhancing our understanding of professional development and how it occurs. Yet in relation to one question--How do people develop professionally?--this knowledge base falls short, for while much research has been directed at addressing the question, findings have tended to…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development, Educational Research, Cognitive Processes
How and What Do Academics Learn through Their Personal Networks
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Pataraia, Nino; Margaryan, Anoush; Falconer, Isobel; Littlejohn, Allison – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This paper investigates the role of personal networks in academics' learning in relation to teaching. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 11 academics, this study examines, first, how and what academics learn through their personal networks; second, the perceived value of networks in relation to academics' professional development; and, third,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Learning Processes, Interviews
Improving Workplace Learning of Lifelong Learning Sector Trainee Teachers in the UK
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Maxwell, Bronwen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
Learning in the teaching workplace is crucial for the development of all trainee teachers. Workplace learning is particularly important for trainee teachers in the lifelong learning sector (LLS) in the UK, the majority of whom are already working as teachers, tutors, trainers or lecturers while undertaking initial teacher education. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Lifelong Learning, Educational Improvement