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Download full textClijsters, W.; Verjans, M. – 1993
A model of foreign language instruction for professionals, particularly those with limited time and budget, is proposed. Principal components of the model include: (1) a detailed, diagnostic linguistic profile of the learner, including lexical, grammatical, sociolinguistic, and sociocultural characteristics; (2) an inventory of the learner's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, Stockholm. Research and Development Unit. – 1981
Information on research efforts concerning higher education in Sweden is presented. Questions that have been addressed by the Swedish research program in the past five years have included the long-term social effects of higher education activities, the knowledge traditions of higher education programs, and the conditions of research with and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Cognitive Development, College Role, Educational Benefits
Alderton, Jane – 1999
The midcareeer learning of 120 professionals in 12 contrasting business, engineering, and health care organizations was examined to identify factors facilitating workplace learning. Individuals were interviewed regarding their current work and ways they acquired the necessary know-how and knowledge for their jobs and improved or extended their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Allied Health Occupations
Salling Olesen, Henning – 2000
The question of how to theorize the subjective side of work within a life history perspective was explored. The findings of a study on engineers' subjective recognition of their lives, their education and jobs, and their life perspectives and the findings of a study of continuing education within a number of white-collar and semiprofessional work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Biographies, Engineers
Hager, Paul; Beckett, David – 1999
The hypothesis that making judgments is the basis for workplace learning was examined by studying work in a range of occupations with a view to identifying and analyzing the main judgments involved in individuals' work performance. To test the hypothesis, six practicing professionals (three men and three women) were interviewed. Two of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship
Eraut, Michael; Maillardet, Fred; Miller, Carolyn; Steadman, Stephen; Ali, Amer; Blackman, Claire; Furner, Judith – 2003
Learning in the first professional job was examined in a study of 40 nurses, 27 engineers, and 16 accountants who were in their first full year of full-time employment after college in hospitals and firms located in the United Kingdom. Data were collected through the following activities: (1) interviews with the respondents; (2) 1- to 2-day visits…
Descriptors: Accountants, Apprenticeships, Case Studies, College Graduates
Manning, Sabine, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 presentations/discussion summaries and 10 supporting 'thesis' papers from a symposium on selected issues in human resources development (HRD) in Europe. The following summaries are included: "Introduction" (Sabine Manning); "Developing Flexibility in Pursuit of Competitiveness" (Nick Boreham);…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Development, Competence, Conferences
