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Söderström, Tor; Lindgren, Carina; Sjöberg, David; Söderlund, Roger; Åström, Elisabeth; Widing, Mats – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
This article examines how a virtual case that prepares students for practical scenario training affects police students' performance in a practical scenario training. This study included 69 Swedish police students at the Basic Training Programme for Police Officers -- 35 assigned to a virtual police case (VCASE) and 34 assigned to a conventional…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Police Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Söderström, Tor; Lindgren, Carina; Neely, Gregory – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on the practical knowing that is central in police education. Drawing on perspectives about tacit knowledge and embodied learning (e.g. Merleau-Ponty, 1945/1997; Polanyi, 1966; Argyris and Schön, 1974) as well as empirical examples, this paper discusses the design of and what can be expected from…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Police Education, Training
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Sjöberg, David; Karp, Staffan; Söderström, Tor – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
This article examines simulations of critical incidents in police education by investigating how activities in the preparation phase influence participants' actions and thus the conditions for learning professional knowledge. The study is based on interviews in two stages (traditional and stimulated recall interviews) with six selected students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Simulation, Police Education, Video Technology
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Söderström, Tor; Åström, Jan; Anderson, Greg; Bowles, Ron – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report progress concerning the design of a computer-assisted simulation training (CAST) platform for developing decision-making skills in police students. The overarching aim is to outline a theoretical framework for the design of CAST to facilitate police students' development of search techniques in…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Police Education, Decision Making Skills