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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
Does Training Content Matter? Differences between Soft- and Hard-Skill Trainings in Transfer Motivation
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Boere, Nienke A.; de Jong, Bastian; Jansen in de Wal, Joost; Cornelissen, Frank – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: Transfer motivation has been identified as a pivotal factor influencing transfer of training. However, the role of training content has often been overlooked as explanatory variable for the rate of transfer motivation. This study aims to examine to what extent experiences in transfer motivation and its personal and contextual antecedents…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Soft Skills, Motivation, Job Training
In-Field Training in the Police: Learning in an Ethical Grey Area?
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Hoel, Linda; Christensen, Erik – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2020
Purpose: Although workplace learning is an important part of professional learning, little is known about the unethical aspects of workplace learning. This study aims to describe students' learning experiences from in-field training in the police. This paper aims to examine how workplace learning can challenge proper ethical professional…
Descriptors: On the Job Training, Police Education, Ethics, Learning Experience
Policy Ideals for a Reformed Education: How Police Students Value New and Enduring Content in a Time of Change
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Kohlström, Kirsi; Rantatalo, Oscar; Karp, Staffan; Padyab, Mojgan – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to examine how subgroups within a cohort of Swedish police students value different types of curricula content (i.e. new competencies versus enduring ones) in the context of the currently transforming landscape of basic police training. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on a Swedish national survey (N = 369), the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Police Education, Curriculum, Student Attitudes
Mentoring First Year Police Constables: Police Mentors' Perspectives
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Tyler, Mark A.; McKenzie, William E. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: Mentoring as a tool for the support and development of novices in many organisations has been considered a putative success. Nevertheless, the literature reveals a paucity of reporting of the mentoring strategies used within the policing profession within Australia. This paper aims to focus on what mentoring is and how it is deployed from…
Descriptors: Mentors, Police, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Talking about Tools--Investigating Learning at Work in Police Practice
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Lundin, Johan; Nulden, Urban – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to show how professional tools trigger workplace learning. The daily mundane work of Swedish police officers has been studied to investigate how the use of police tools triggers learning through discussions in police practice. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through a field study consisting of…
Descriptors: Police, Work Environment, Foreign Countries, Interviews