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Vocational Knowledge in Motion: Rethinking Vocational Knowledge through Vocational Teachers' Professional Development
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Broad, Janet Hamilton – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
The paper presents empirical data to consider some of the current debates concerning the nature of vocational knowledge taught in Further Education colleges to students following craft, vocational and occupational courses. The concept of "knowledge in motion" and workplace learning theories are employed as a conceptual framework to…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Workplace Learning, Learning Theories
Integration of Technology Enhanced Learning within Business Organizations: Which Strategy to Choose?
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Kaminskiene, Lina; Rutkiene, Aušra; Trepule, Elena – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
The article discusses a responsible and a responsive strategic organizational approach for a smooth integration of technology enhanced learning (TEL). A response to external and internal contingencies and an involvement of different stakeholders into the development and implementation of the so-called eLearning strategies is one of the approaches…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Electronic Learning, Business, Employee Attitudes
Conceptions of Assessment When the Teaching Context and Learner Population Matter: Compulsory School versus Non-Compulsory Adult Education Contexts
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Remesal, Ana; Brown, Gavin T. L. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2015
This paper presents results of a study on teachers' conceptions of assessment carried out on a sample of 493 teachers of Spanish as foreign language from all over the world. At the moment of data collection, the participants were members of an international online teacher community and were teaching at different professional contexts: basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Communities of Practice
Learning beyond Competence to Participation
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Casey, Leo – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2013
The essence of progressive education today is a view of learning centered on participation. In adulthood, the quest to participate and the quest to learn may ultimately be regarded as one and the same. Research on the learning journeys of adults undertaking a basic computer course are used to support these ideas. The participants in this study…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Information Technology, Adult Education, Computer Literacy
Learning Cultures in Small to Medium-Size Enterprises and Their Role in Supporting the Learning Region
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Fitzpatrick, Maeve; O'Connell, Janice; Murphy, Eamonn – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
The role of work-based learning is a pivotal part of developing the learning region. With rates of employment at their highest for many years across Europe, the need for up-skilling the workforce in many areas will be essential to retain competitiveness and employability. This paper will focus on quality management up-skilling in small to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Economic Climate, Labor Force Development
Multiple Perspectives on Blended Learning Design
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Collis, Betty; Margaryan, Anoush; Amory, Marc – Journal of Learning Design, 2005
Learning in the corporate setting not only relates to individual competence development but also to a demonstration of business impact and a contribution to the strategic ambitions of the company. An approach to learning design that blends generic principles of learning and instruction with strategic goals important to the particular context,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Workplace Learning, Action Research, Educational Technology