NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shipton, Brett – Studies in Continuing Education, 2022
This paper examines police educators' descriptions of development, building on an area of research investigating teachers' perspectives of their practice. The aim of this study was to describe the variation in police educators' teaching development experiences, with these results being used to inform development towards learner-centred practice.…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Student Centered Learning, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Borg, Tracey – Studies in Continuing Education, 2012
This paper presents findings from a larger, qualitative study that explored the potential of a school-based teacher community of practice as a model for a transformative form of teacher professional development. This paper reports on initial findings from a grounded theory exploration of the factors that facilitated and constrained the evolution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Change, Grounded Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nistor, Nicolae; Dehne, Anina; Drews, Frank Thomas – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
In search of methods that improve the efficiency of teaching and training in organizations, several authors point out that mass customization (MC) is a principle that covers individual needs of knowledge and skills and, at the same time limits the development costs of customized training to those of mass training. MC is proven and established in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Continuing Education, Efficiency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Raval, Harini; McKenney, Susan; Pieters, Jules – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are being recognized globally for their influential role in realizing the UN Millennium Development Goal of education for all in developing countries. NGOs mostly employ untrained para-educators for grassroots activities. The professional development of these teachers is critical for NGO effectiveness, yet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations, Models, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Conole, Grainne; Carusi, Annamaria; de Laat, Maarten; Wilcox, Pauline; Darby, Jonathan – Studies in Continuing Education, 2006
This paper presents some of the initial findings of a series of studies documenting the UK eUniversity (UKeU) approach to and experience of e-learning. It will focus on the experiences and lessons learned of members of the learning technology team within the UKeU or people working closely with them. Our particular interest is to describe the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rhodes, Carl; Scheeres, Hermine – Studies in Continuing Education, 2004
In recent years there has been significant growth in research that has considered the relationship between worker identity and learning at work. A key part of this relates to discussions of the 'newness' of various types of work manifested in discourses such as post-capitalism, post-bureaucracy and the new work order. On this basis, it is argued…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Foreign Countries, On the Job Training, Organizational Climate