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Zemke, Ron – Training, 1985
Describes how a group of Honeywell Corporation human resources specialists determined how the organization's management development process could be improved to support the needs of the business. Discusses corporate management development strategy, curriculum, conference center, on-the-job experiences, and how experience, relationships, and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Human Resources
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Collin, Kaija – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2006
Purpose: The paper seeks to investigate design engineers' and product developers' learning through their work. The aim was to approach designers' work practice and their learning in the course of it as perceived by the designers themselves. The aim is also to examine their learning through the various individual and social processes, which take…
Descriptors: Design, Engineering, Technical Occupations, Learning
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Case, Jennifer; Jawitz, Jeff – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
It has been proposed that situated cognition theory, in which learning is conceptualized as induction into a community of practice through the activity of legitimate peripheral participation, offers an appropriate theoretical perspective for examining issues of gender in science education. This study critically engages with this proposal by means…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Focus Groups, Chemical Engineering, Gender Issues