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Pang, Priscilla – Applied Linguistics, 2019
There has been to date a long tradition of research in workplace discourse. The bulk of the research has focused on professional white-collar workplaces, but a handful of studies have examined working-class settings such as factories and building sites. This area of research has, however, been concerned with interactions involving co-workers.…
Descriptors: Working Class, Work Environment, Workplace Learning, Mentors
Teague, Christine; Quin, Robyn; Green, Lelia; Bahn, Susanne – International Journal of Training Research, 2014
This paper draws on the experience of one of the authors, an ethnographic researcher who, in the course of her investigation into the everyday work and communication cultures of Australian public transport officers, spent 12 weeks undergoing training as a rail transit officer before spending four months on the job where she was rostered on duty…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Ethnography, Transportation, Safety
Schmidt, Steven W. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2007
Opportunities for training and development are paramount in decisions regarding employee career choices. Despite the importance, many research studies on job satisfaction do not address satisfaction with workplace training as an element of overall job satisfaction, and many job satisfaction survey instruments do not include a "satisfaction…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Training, Correlation, Career Choice
Virolainen, Maarit – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe the organization of workplace learning in Finnish polytechnics, the models that have been developed for this purpose, and the challenges presented. Design/methodology/approach: First, the models for embedding workplace learning in the curriculum are described and analysed. Second, the conflicting…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Technology Education
Collin, Kaija – 2000
As part of a larger research project on workplace learning, a study examined learning at work as it is experienced among product planners in Finland. The study focused on three questions: (1) What kind of experience do employees interpret as learning? (2) What kind of meanings do employees give their action and learning individually and together?…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Competence
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1994
This packet contains an instructor's manual and participant workbook for use within a series of facilitated training sessions covering requirements for hazard communications in the workplace (especially in Oklahoma), or as a reference for self-paced individual study. The instructor's guide provides answers to the worksheets and to the review sheet…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Compliance (Legal)
Smith, Peter; Wakefield, Lyn; Robertson, Ian – 2002
Research identified feasible strategies to support flexible delivery in operating workplaces. Sites were 12 enterprises in Victoria. Findings indicated flexible delivery was largely implemented by enterprises through the provision of a range of learning opportunities that included on-the-job observation, practice and mentoring, access to learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Corporate Education, Delivery Systems
Hase, Stewart; Davis, Lester – 2002
A 3-year research program on workplace learning was based on action research and involved the gradual implementation of "Work Activity Briefings" every 2 weeks or whenever a major task was to be undertaken at selected construction sites managed by an Australian mining and construction company. The briefings were regular meetings between…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction Management, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Billett, Stephen – 2002
A study conceptualized bases for learning in workplaces, examining reciprocity between how individuals are afforded access to workplace activities and guidance and how workers elect to engage in what they are offered. These reciprocal bases for thinking, acting, and learning are called "co-participation at work." The contributions that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Employer Employee Relationship
Peters, Robert H., Ed. – 2002
These eight papers are intended to help prepare trainers of mine safety for an expected influx of younger workers as experienced miners retire and acquaint the trainers with strategies they can use to enhance their training effectiveness. "Principles of Adult Learning: Application for Mine Trainers" (Kathleen M. Kowalski, Charles Vaught)…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences