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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
Working Identity Constructions and Workplace Learning Modes in a Global South Country: Exploring Relations through a Narrative Approach
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Ribeiro, Marcelo Afonso – Online Submission, 2019
This research is placed among the current studies discussing the relationship between working, education and modes of subjectification within the present context by means of specific phenomena in identity constructions as well as workplace learning processes. By means of a qualitative narrative research with in-depth interviews among urban workers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Self Concept, Workplace Learning
Conditions for Workplace Learning: A Gender Divide?
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Sjöberg Forssberg, Karin; Parding, Karolina; Vänje, Annika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss conditions for workplace learning in gender-segregated workplaces in the public sector, how social constructions of gender contribute to (or constrain) the workplace learning conditions within two workplace contexts. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out through an…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Work Environment, Educational Environment, Organizational Culture
Working Identity Constructions and Workplace Learning Modes in a Global South Country: Exploring Relations through a Narrative Approach
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Ribeiro, Marcelo Afonso – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2019
This research is placed among the current studies discussing the relationship between working, education and modes of subjectification within the present context by means of specific phenomena in identity constructions as well as workplace learning processes. By means of a qualitative narrative research with in-depth interviews among urban workers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Self Concept, Workplace Learning
Impact of Mentoring on Practicing Engineers: A Meta-Synthesis
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Wong, Silky S.K.; Cross, Jennifer A.; Mueller, Phillip S. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to present a literature review to examine the career development outcomes on practicing engineering novices who are being mentored at work, and factors of mentoring that contribute to those career development outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Through a meta-synthesis, the research premises and findings of 12 articles…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Entry Workers, Workplace Learning
Constraints and Challenges on Learning and Construction of Identities at Work
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Collin, Kaija; Paloniemi, Susanna; Virtanen, Anne; Eteläpelto, Anneli – Vocations and Learning, 2008
This paper analyses and discusses different constraints on workplace learning, vocational development and formation of identity. We ask how the learning and development of vocational identities are related to the various learning constraints and restrictions present in the socio-cultural contexts of the workplace. The study utilizes 20 interviews…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Questionnaires, Online Surveys, Vocational Education