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Leicher, Veronika; Mulder, Regina H. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this replication study is to identify relevant individual and contextual factors influencing learning from errors at work and to determine if the predictors for learning activities are the same for the domains of nursing and retail banking. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional replication study was carried out in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Learning Activities, Foreign Countries, Banking
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Messmann, Gerhard; Mulder, Regina H. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The aim of this study was to investigate how apprentices' learning activities at work can be fostered. This is a crucial issue as learning at work enhances apprentices' competence development and prepares them for professional development on the job. Therefore, we conducted a study with 70 apprentices in the German dual system and examined the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Learning Activities, Workplace Learning
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Iamsaard, Prisana; Kerdpol, Sakon – English Language Teaching, 2015
This paper aimed to reexamine the current EFL communicative speaking skill in high school level in Thailand due to the coming of the entry to ASEAN at the end of the year 2015. Thai students need to be well prepared for workforce in the future since English is used as the working language in ASEAN. The purposes of this paper were to study the…
Descriptors: Drama, Communicative Competence (Languages), Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
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Brouwer, Patricia; Brekelmans, Mieke; Nieuwenhuis, Loek; Simons, Robert-Jan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The first aim of this study is to explore to what extent communities of practice occur in the school workplace. The second aim is to explore the relation between communities of practice and diversity in composition of teacher teams. Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative as well as qualitative data were gathered from seven teacher…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Learning Activities, Observation, Work Environment
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Allen, Christopher – Research-publishing.net, 2013
In recent years, virtual learning environments (VLEs) or course management systems (CMSs) have become commonplace in European higher education as well as making inroads into primary and secondary schools. VLEs such as "Moodle," "Blackboard" and "It's Learning" offer educational institutions standardised packages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Nielsen, Klaus – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue that it is important to focus on the apprentices' collaborative learning processes when addressing issues of learning transfer. Design/methodology/approach: The claims about the importance of addressing processes of collaborative activities and learning in relation to learning transfer are based on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Learning Activities, Transfer of Training, Learning Processes
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Marrelli, Anne F. – Performance Improvement, 1996
Presents 12 informal learning opportunities that human performance professionals can create for employees, including learning exchanges, conference summaries, exchanging ideas, posing questions and problems on email or bulletin boards, lunchtime programs, information sharing, recommended reading lists, vendor and consultant presentations,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Consultants, Electronic Mail, Informal Education
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Enos, Michael D.; Kehrhahn, Marijke Thamm; Bell, Alexandra – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2003
This study examined how the extent to which managers engaged in informal learning, perceptions of support in the transfer environment, and level of managerial proficiency related to transfer of learning in twenty core managerial skills. The results suggested that informal learning is predominantly a social process and that managers with high…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Metacognition, Informal Education, Administrators
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Rose, Jeanne Marie – Business Communication Quarterly, 2006
Instructors of business and technical communication have held an ongoing interest in using client projects to give students practical experience negotiating the contingencies of workplace communication. Whereas alumni often serve as contacts for internships and job opportunities and have been identified as resources for assessing business…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Business Communication, Organizational Culture, Alumni
Saint Louis Community Coll., MO. Workplace Literacy Services Center. – 1995
This document contains the student handouts and learning activities of an introductory course in oral communications that was developed by a community college for workers at a St. Louis (Missouri) chemical company. The following items are among those included: ice breaker activity; checklist for self-assessment of ability to handle criticism;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Jackson, Stanlie M., Ed. – 1982
This facilitator's manual consists of guidelines and materials for use in conducting a workshop dealing with three management basics for minority women--communication, decision making, and interpersonal skills. Covered in the first half of the manual are the following aspects of implementing the workshop: background on the need for and development…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Communication Skills, Decision Making
Miles, Curtis – 1994
This textbook contains information and activities designed to help college students develop the following generalized competencies that are critical to job success and satisfaction in the 21st century: learns; thinks reflectively; manages time; manages stress; sets goals; solves problems; demonstrates interdependence; thinks systematically; solves…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Education, Check Lists, College Students
Sommers, Robert D., II, Comp.; Waidelich, William D., Comp. – 1993
This document, which is intended for Ohio agriculture teachers, contains lesson plans for an eight-unit competency-based course in agriscience. Each lesson plan contains some or all of the following items: (1) unit title; (2) competency/terminal performance objective; (3) competency builders/pupil performance objectives; (4) list of applied…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering