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Cassandra Poikela; Ola Lindberg; Ulrika Haake; Oscar Rantatalo; Alva Lindholm – Vocations and Learning, 2025
In this study, we examine the conditions for participation in criminal investigation practices among two professional categories: police officers and civilians. Specifically, we analyse how participation is shaped and conditioned through the use of symbols and symbolic actions in relation to doing gender and professional identity. The Swedish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Police, Law Enforcement, Gender Issues
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Alkan, Muhammet Fatih; Emmioglu-Sarikaya, Esma – Vocations and Learning, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the structural relationships among diverse variables to provide a comprehensive understanding of Turkish research assistants' workplace learning. The cross-sectional data of the study were collected online from 21 universities around Turkey. A total of 1218 research assistants from various disciplines took…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Assistants, Universities, Workplace Learning
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LeiB, Tamara Vanessa; Rausch, Andreas – Vocations and Learning, 2023
The present study examines the effects of social interactions' situational characteristics, emotions, and personality on self-perceived learning from social interactions at work based on diary and survey data. The sample comprises 43 German vocational education and training (VET) trainees in various apprenticeship programs. During the diary period…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Personality
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Teras, Marianne; Lasonen, Johanna – Vocations and Learning, 2013
Immigration is an integral phenomenon of our globalising world. The increasing flow of people creates new challenges for educational institutions and workplaces. The purpose of this article is to address challenges that vocational teachers face with diversity at colleges and workplaces. Two research questions are addressed: how do teachers prepare…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Vocational Education Teachers, Teaching Methods, College Instruction
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Tynjala, Paivi – Vocations and Learning, 2013
The interest in research focusing on learning taking place at work, through work and for work has considerably increased over the past two decades. The purpose of the paper is to review and structure this wide and diverse research field. A tentative holistic model--the 3-P model of workplace learning--is presented, in relation to which the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Communities of Practice
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Clark, Martyn; Zukas, Miriam; Lent, Neil – Vocations and Learning, 2011
Transitions from university study to graduate work in new industries such as information technology (IT) are not well understood. As the IT industry is a significant recruiter of graduates and an important component of the UK economy, the transition into the IT profession needs to be understood better. In addition, understanding the transition…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Information Technology, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries