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De Wever, Bram; Hämäläinen, Raija; Nissinen, Kari; Mannonen, Joonas; Van Nieuwenhove, Lisse – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
This study focuses on the problem solving skills in technology-rich environments of teachers. PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) data on adults' (n = 11,294) competencies, is used to investigate how problem solving skills of teachers are associated with sociodemographic, work-related, and everyday-life related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Problem Solving, Skills
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Wallin, Anna; Pylväs, Laura; Nokelainen, Petri – Vocations and Learning, 2020
In this article, we explore workers' stories about digitalization of work and professional development. The data (101 stories) were collected from 81 Finnish government workers through the method of empathy-based stories (MEBS). MEBS is a qualitative data collection method in which participants write short imaginary texts based on an introductory…
Descriptors: Government Employees, Employee Attitudes, Work Attitudes, Automation
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Goller, Michael, Ed.; Paloniemi, Susanna, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2017
The present book collects, integrates, and discusses the range of perspectives and discourses on agency at work. In addition, the book compiles the empirical research that has been generated by various perspectives. The chapters deal with the relationship between (a) agency at work, and (b) professional learning and development. They encompass a…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Autonomy, Workplace Learning, Persistence
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Lammintakanen, Johanna; Kivinen, Tuula – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the views of nurses of different ages on continuing professional development (CPD). The authors were interested in possible differences in the use of formal and especially informal CPD practices between nurses of different ages, and likewise in possible differences in attitudes of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Nurses, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education