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Communities of Practice for Contemporary Leadership Development and Knowledge Exchange through Work-Based Learning
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Rowe, Lisa; Knight, Lisa; Irvine, Paul; Greenwood, Joanne – Journal of Education and Work, 2023
This study explores the experiences of leaders who have led organisations and teams through an extended period of crisis management whilst completing a UK work-based master's programme. This paper examines contemporary approaches to work-based learning and explores the effect of organisational and workforce demands in a volatile era of global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Leadership Training, Masters Programs
Interconnected Learning between University and the Workplace: A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Graduate Employability in the UK
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Orsmond, Paul; Merry, Stephen; Reiling, Kevin – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
Undergraduate students have been shown to spontaneously form communities of practice and social networks that support their learning and identity development. This study considers the translation of this participatory learning into professional employment following graduation. Thirteen former biological sciences students from a single UK…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, College Graduates, Science Careers
VET Teachers between School and Working Life: Boundary Processes Enabling Continuing Professional Development
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Andersson, Per; Köpsén, Susanne – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
Changes in working life require development in vocational education and training (VET) to retain industrial currency. VET teachers are key actors in VET, and their continuing professional development (CPD) in vocational subjects is central to the currency of VET. This study is situated in Sweden, with a mainly school-based VET system where VET…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Workplace Learning
Toward a 3-P Model of Workplace Learning: A Literature Review
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Tynjala, Paivi – Vocations and Learning, 2013
The interest in research focusing on learning taking place at work, through work and for work has considerably increased over the past two decades. The purpose of the paper is to review and structure this wide and diverse research field. A tentative holistic model--the 3-P model of workplace learning--is presented, in relation to which the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Communities of Practice
Cutting Edge or Cut Loose? An Exploration of Apprentices' Experiences of Workplace E-Learning
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Mullin, Teresa – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
There is an assumption that e-learning is considered as a valued resource with great potential. This research explores how hairdressing apprentices experience vocational e-learning and makes recommendations on how good practice can be shared. An estimated 35,000 hairdressing and barber salons account for a quarter of a million UK workers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Cosmetology, Apprenticeships
Work-Based Learning through Civic Engagement
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McKoy, Deborah L.; Stern, David; Bierbaum, Ariel H. – Center for Cities & Schools, 2011
Work-based learning (WBL), an important part of the 1990s "School to Work" movement, is a core component of the Linked Learning strategy which is now shaping efforts to improve secondary education in California and around the nation in cities such as Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia. WBL can include not only classic internships and…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Work Experience Programs, Workplace Learning, Citizenship Education