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Saskia Eschenbacher – Studies in Continuing Education, 2024
The emergency industry has always been an important and challenging profession. Paramedics and firefighters are exposed on a daily basis to potentially traumatic situations with some of what they experience leading to transformations, changing them deeply and fundamentally. These transformative experiences (Paul [2016]. "Transformative…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Workplace Learning, Emergency Programs, Industry
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Sommer, Morten; Nja, Ove – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to reveal and analyse dominant learning processes in emergency response work from the fire-fighters' point of view, and how fire-fighters develop their competence. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted an explorative approach using participant observation. The objective of this open-minded approach…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Learning Processes, Competence, Fire Protection