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David M. Kessel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation seeks to understand how a work-based learning project develops the skills, attitudes, behaviors, and Jewish sense of self for three Jewish Federation professionals participating in a larger, 18-month professional development initiative focused on experiential Jewish education. Using case study methodology, this research also…
Descriptors: Judaism, Religious Education, Faculty Development, Experiential Learning
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Chan, Selena – Vocations and Learning, 2013
The transition from school to work, in the form of a trade-based apprenticeship, is one with a long history. Recent socio-historical changes include increased use of technology, the changing nature of work and shifting patters in the employment market are influencing both the apprenticeship journey and its destination. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Food Processing Occupations, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
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Green, Annette – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In considering the blurring of boundaries between vocational education and school education since the introduction of Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) in the senior secondary school system in Australia, it could be argued that the key figures in practice are the VET teachers in schools. The focus in this paper is 12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Paloniemi, Susanna; Collin, Kaija – Vocations and Learning, 2012
This paper discusses how discursive power and creativity are found to be inter-related in a context not traditionally associated with creative work; the operating theatre of a hospital. Here, it is proposed that creativity relies on socio-cultural factors emphasizing the practical nature of creativity, and highlighting the fact that a large part…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Creativity, Hospitals, Social Influences
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Boyd, Pete; Tibke, Jon – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2012
Facilitating work-based learning in higher education involves the educator in developing both their pedagogy and their professional identity. A current policy drive in England is towards "school-embedded" teacher education programmes facilitated by school-based teacher educators. The promoted schemes involve postgraduate student teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Professional Identity, Student Teachers
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Alexandrou, Alex; O'Brien, Jim – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2007
In the United Kingdom, teachers' professional associations and labor organizations, notably in the form of trade unions have historically been involved in education and training in the workplace. Recently, in the United Kingdom this activity has gained greater credence and importance due to the emergence of trade union learning representatives who…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Unions, Foreign Countries, Professional Development