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Direct linkHarris, Roger; Simons, Michele; Carden, Pam – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2004
In the 1990s, one of Australia's police services moved from a centralised, academy-based system of training towards a more integrated model of professional development. As a consequence, probationary constables spent reduced time in the police academy (6 months) before moving into the workplace for 18 months of work-based learning. This paper…
Descriptors: Police, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Download full textLuoma, Markku; Nokelainen, Petri; Ruohotie, Pekka – 2003
The factors contributing to organizational learning in police units in Finland and elsewhere were examined to find strategies to improve the prerequisites of learning and compare linear and nonlinear methods of modeling organizational learning prerequisites. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the 281 staff members of five police…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Influences
