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Malcolm, Irene – Studies in Continuing Education, 2013
The problem addressed in this paper is the need for analytical resources to theorise the nature of knowledge work and, in the light of a practice turn in social sciences, to consider how knowledge is generated and circulated. The aim of the paper is to contribute to a practice-based rethinking of how to investigate professional knowledge, relating…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Workplace Learning, Professional Personnel, Information Technology
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de Graaff, Frederika – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
The question addressed in this paper is: what does a knowledge claim consist of in the context of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)? The research comprises a case study of RPL applicants' entry into a postgraduate diploma (a fourth-year programme) in project management. The focus is on the knowledge claims made as part of the RPL application…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning
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Collin, Kaija Marjukka; Valleala, Ulla Maija; Herranen, Sanna; Paloniemi, Susanna – Studies in Continuing Education, 2012
In the paper we aim to identify various ways of interprofessional collaboration and learning in an emergency unit at a hospital in Finland. According to previous studies, health care work faces various constraints which also challenge interprofessional interaction and learning. We ask what kinds of learning situations and challenges are manifested…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship