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Trainers' Learning Conditions, Informal and Formal Learning and Barriers to Learning
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Anselmann, Sebastian – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this study is to unveil how professional trainers and training managers describe the learning conditions of their workplaces, what informal and formal learning activities they intend to accomplish and what barriers to learning at work they encounter. Design/methodology/approach: Barriers to learning in the workplace fall under…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Job Training, Trainers, Work Environment
Trainers' Pedagogical Competencies and Trainees' Assimilation of Training Content
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Andoh, Raphael Papa Kweku; Mensah, Daniel Yeboah; Owusu, Emmanuel Afreh – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: Training cannot be effective if trainers are not pedagogically competent. However, the influence of trainers' pedagogical competencies on employees' knowledge and skill acquisition during training is not given the needed attention in the training literature. This study aims to examine the influence of trainers' pedagogical competencies…
Descriptors: Trainers, Teacher Competencies, Trainees, Job Training
Mentoring in the Rail Context: The Influence of Training, Style, and Practice
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Naweed, Anjum; Ambrosetti, Angelina – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate workplace learning in the context of the rail industry, specifically for the type of learning required to become a train driver. It examines the impact of changes to the traditional learning model, and explores the potential of mentoring in the learning/training model.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Transportation, Driver Education, Workplace Learning
Knowledge Transfer between Two Geographically Distant Action Research Teams
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Desmarais, Lise; Parent, Robert; Leclerc, Louise; Raymond, Lysanne; MacKinnon, Scott; Vezina, Nicole – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The objective of this study is to observe and document the transfer of a train the trainers program in knife sharpening and steeling. This knowledge transfer involved two groups of researchers: the experts and the learners. These groups are from geographically dispersed regions and evolve in distinct contexts by their language and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Knowledge Management, Interviews, Trainers
Instructor Beliefs and Their Mediation of Instructor Strategies
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Owen, Christine – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The overall aim of this research is to investigate how aspects of organizational culture enable or constrain the facilitation of learning in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative design was used involving 100 semi-structured interviews conducted with air traffic controllers operating in three centers in Australia. The…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Beliefs, Values, Trainers
Classifying E-Trainer Standards
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Julien, Anne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: To set-up a classification of the types of profiles and competencies that are required to set-up a good e-learning programme. This approach provides a framework within which a set of standards can be defined for e-trainers. Design/methodology/approach: Open and distance learning (ODL) has been developing in Europe, due to new tools in…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Computer Uses in Education, Profiles, Classification