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The Value of Informal Workplace Learning for Police Education Teachers' Professional Development
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Holmgren, Robert; Sjöberg, David – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore Swedish police education teachers' informal workplace learning and its perceived value for their professional development. Two categories of teachers, police teachers and university teachers, with different professional knowledge and experience, work together at the police education unit.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Police Education, Faculty Development
Informal Workplace Learning in Swedish Police Education-- A Teacher Perspective
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Sjöberg, David; Holmgren, Robert – Vocations and Learning, 2021
In the literature, informal learning is considered to be of great importance to employees' development of workplace learning. The aim of this study, which involves respondents from a Swedish police education unit, was to contribute knowledge about Swedish police education teachers' informal learning as regards conditions for learning, learning…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Police Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
Exploring the Professional Development of Doctoral Supervisors through Workplace Learning: A Literature Review
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Huet, Isabel; Casanova, Diogo – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
The professional development of doctoral supervisors is a relatively new area of academic development that is still non-existent in many higher education institutions worldwide. This is particularly relevant to explore as several other studies indicate that the quality of doctoral supervision has a direct impact on the doctoral student progression…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Supervision, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students
The Role of Mentors in Supporting the Professional Learning of Lecturers in Further Education Colleges in Scotland and Wales
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Husband, Gary – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2020
This article details the findings of a research project that aimed to interpret and understand the experiences of further education lecturers as they undertook initial teacher education. Using rigorous methods grounded in hermeneutic phenomenology, the research situated in colleges in Scotland and Wales structured as two significant case studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Faculty Development, College Faculty
Reframing Space for Learning: Excellence and Innovation in University Teaching
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Bilham, Tim, Ed.; Hamshire, Claire, Ed.; Hartog, Mary, Ed.; Doolan, Martina A., Ed. – UCL IOE Press, 2019
The concept, use and experiences of 'space' in higher education have a deep influence on students and teachers. Reframing Space for Learning uniquely explores space as both a 'learning place' that may be physical, virtual, in work or in the field, and a 'belonging space' in which learners and teachers can engage and develop individually and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Physical Environment, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Innovation
Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in Higher Education
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Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed.; Irby, Beverly J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Our increasingly globalized world is driven by shared knowledge, and nowhere is that knowledge more important than in education. Now more than ever, there is a demand for technology that will assist in the spread of knowledge through customized, self-paced, and on-demand learning. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Research, Virtual Classrooms