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Nick Bailey; Nik Winchester; Neil Ellis – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This paper examines the practice of collision avoidance in Merchant ships to highlight the role of tacit knowledge and collective learning in the formation of professional practice. Analysis of 1,431 recorded VHF radio conversations drawn from real-time ship-to-ship interactions provides a unique window onto professional competence in navigation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transportation, Proximity, Skilled Workers
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Khampirat, Buratin; Pop, Carver; Bandaranaike, Suniti – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2019
Research indicates that work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences enable students to develop both generic and work skills as well as helping students identify their future academic and career directions. This study used pre- and post-survey instruments to evaluate the effectiveness of a WIL placement to develop work skills of students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
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Yamazaki, Yoshitaka; Toyama, Michiko; Putranto, Andreas Joko – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to empirically explore how managers differ from non-managers with regard to learning skills as competencies and learning style in a public-sector work setting. The paper also examined how learning style affects competency development. Design/methodology/approach: This study applied Kolb's experiential learning…
Descriptors: Administrators, Competence, Cognitive Style, Workplace Learning
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Jackson, Denise; Wilton, Nicholas – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores undergraduate capabilities in career self-management and the influence of work-integrated learning (WIL). Career management competencies are an important aspect of individual employability and impact on wellbeing, graduate job attainment and long-term career success. Enhanced competencies among graduates can assist Faculty in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Careers, Career Exploration
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Lejeune, Michel – McGill Journal of Education, 2011
The concept of tacit knowledge encompasses all of the intricacy of the different experiences that people acquire over time, and which they utilize and bring to bear in carrying out tasks effectively, reacting to unforeseen circumstances, or innovating. The intuitive nature of tacit knowledge, its particular context, and the difficulty of…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Intuition, Constructivism (Learning), Knowledge Management
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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
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education