Learning in the Workplace. Review of Research [microform] / Paul Hager
- Bib ID:
- 5630800
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Hager, Paul
- Description:
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- [Washington D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997
- 37 p.
- ISBN:
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- 9780873974394
- 0873974395
- Summary:
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Research on changes and issues in workplace learning in Australia over the past 6 years was reviewed. Special attention was paid to four topics: importance of learning in the workplace; nature of workplace learning; factors affecting the quality of workplace learning; and recognition of workplace learning. Selected findings were as follows: (1) simple notions of transfer of skills learned in the workplace are dubious; (2) although some learning in the workplace is highly contextualized and enterprise specific, other examples are more generic; (3) measuring the outcomes of training and quantifying its costs and benefits are possible but complex; (4) the best kinds of workplace learning involve appropriate links between formal training and informal workplace learning; (5) good research on learning in the workplace must take proper account of the diversity of variables in the workplace environment/culture; and (6) language, numeracy, and literacy are capable of being addressed in a holistic way along with other changes as workplace reform is implemented. Areas identified as requiring additional research included the following: training outcomes; training costs and benefits; application of cognitive theory to training activity design; and roles of language, numeracy, and literacy in workplace learning and change. (Contains 50 references.) (MN)
- Notes:
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- Availability: National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia. E-mail: ncver@ncver.edu.au; Web site: <http://www.ncver.edu.au/>.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Adult Education
- Adult Literacy
- Certification
- Competence
- Conventional Instruction
- Cost Effectiveness
- Credits
- Education Work Relationship
- Educational Environment
- Educational Policy
- Educational Quality
- Educational Research
- Educational Trends
- Employer Employee Relationship
- Employment Qualifications
- Evaluation Methods
- Foreign Countries
- Informal Education
- Instructional Materials
- Integrated Curriculum
- Job Skills
- Learning Activities
- Learning Processes
- Literacy Education
- Literature Reviews
- On the Job Training
- Outcomes of Education
- Personnel Evaluation
- Recordkeeping
- Research Needs
- Skill Development
- Transfer of Training
- Trend Analysis
- Vocational Education
- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia)
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
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