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Goller, Michael, Ed.; Kyndt, Eva, Ed.; Paloniemi, Susanna, Ed.; Damsa, Crina, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This volume provides alternatives for tackling existing empirical, methodological, and analytical challenges. It does so by providing a broad overview of less established, as well as emerging methods, which are of great relevance for current research on professional learning and development. As such, it offers a comprehensive collection of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Workplace Learning, Research Methodology, Educational Research
Ng, Betsy, Ed. – Springer, 2022
This book presents a comprehensive discussion of sociocultural perspectives on graduate employability and workplace-based learning development. It draws on Vygotsky's theories such as situated learning and sociocultural perspectives, as well as the constructivist learning theory. This book showcases theoretical and empirical analyses that show how…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Potential, Workplace Learning, Skill Development
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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
Quinn, Jocey – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Quinn presents a radical new perspective on the interrelationships between education and culture. Rather than viewing education in isolation from major cultural debates, she demonstrates how culture shapes education and education shapes culture. Cultural perspectives and rich empirical data from a wide range of research with learners in…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Literature, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
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Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed.; Irby, Beverly J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Our increasingly globalized world is driven by shared knowledge, and nowhere is that knowledge more important than in education. Now more than ever, there is a demand for technology that will assist in the spread of knowledge through customized, self-paced, and on-demand learning. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Research, Virtual Classrooms