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Errington, Edward Peter – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
A recent UK survey found many graduates unprepared for employment while employers placed greater value on transferable, employability skills rather than on specific ones. Increased student entry into professional-oriented programs, and subsequent pressures on work placements, have educators looking to alternative ways of providing safe,…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Work Experience, Professional Development, Education Work Relationship
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Foshay, Rob – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discusses current views on problem solving in the workplace, and identifies five areas for consideration: (1) knowledge representation; (2) verbally teaching strategy components of the skill--versus the learner acquiring it inductively through practice; (3) the principles of teaching procedures; (4) how to construct simulations; and (5) weighing…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Knowledge Representation, Performance Technology