Journal•ISSN: 0158-037X
Studies in Continuing Education
Taylor & Francis
About: Studies in Continuing Education is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Adult education & Experiential learning. It has an ISSN identifier of 0158-037X. Over the lifetime, 748 publications have been published receiving 22831 citations.
Topics: Adult education, Experiential learning, Higher education, Professional development, Lifelong learning
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TL;DR: In this paper, theoretical frameworks for understanding and investigating informal learning in the workplace have been developed through a series of large and small-scale projects, which have been mainly focused mainly on theoretical frameworks.
Abstract: This paper focuses mainly on theoretical frameworks for understanding and investigating informal learning in the workplace, which have been developed through a series of large‐ and small‐scale projects. The main conclusions are included but readers are referred to other publications for more detailed accounts of individual projects. Two types of framework are discussed. The first group seeks to deconstruct the ‘key concepts’ of informal learning, learning from experience, tacit knowledge, transfer of learning and> intuitive practice to disclose the range of different phenomena that are embraced by these popular terms. The second group comprises frameworks for addressing the three central questions that pervaded the research programme: what is being learned, how is it being learned and what are the factors that influence the level and directions of the learning effort?
2,315 citations
TL;DR: Doing qualitative research: a practical handbook, by David Silverman, Los Angeles, Sage, 2010, 456 pp., AU$65.00, ISBN 978-1-84860-033-1, ISBN 1-94960-034-8 as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Doing qualitative research: a practical handbook, by David Silverman, Los Angeles, Sage, 2010, 456 pp., AU$65.00, ISBN 978-1-84860-033-1, ISBN 978-1-94960-034-8. Available in Australia and New Zeal...
2,295 citations
TL;DR: In this article, sustainable assessment encompasses the abilities required to undertake those activities that necessarily accompany learning throughout life in formal and informal settings, and the idea that assessment always has to do double duty is introduced.
Abstract: Assessment practices in higher education institutions tend not to equip students well for the processes of effective learning in a learning society. The purposes of assessment should be extended to include the preparation of students for sustainable assessment. Sustainable assessment encompasses the abilities required to undertake those activities that necessarily accompany learning throughout life in formal and informal settings. Characteristics of effective formative assessment identified by recent research are used to illustrate features of sustainable assessment. Assessment acts need both to meet the specific and immediate goals of a course as well as establishing a basis for students to undertake their own assessment activities in the future. To draw attention to the importance of this, the idea that assessment always has to do double duty is introduced.
1,323 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an excellent and elegant analysis of the field of human resource management, while the title implies that it is only about the relationship of human resources management to organi...
Abstract: This book provides an excellent and elegant analysis of the field of human resource management. While the title implies that it is only about the relationship of human resource management to organi...
498 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the concept of learning company and examine its relevance in modern industrial society, and propose guidelines for designing learning companies based on an organisational transformation model, which facilitates the learning of all of its members and continuously transforms itself to meet its strategic goals.
Abstract: The learning company is an organisation which facilitates the learning of all of its members and continuously transforms itself in order to meet its strategic goals. The paper introduces the concept of the learning company and examines its relevance in modern industrial society. A study of Director‐level personnel in eight large public and private sector organisations in the United Kingdom provides support for the concept. Following a discussion of the learning company as an organisational transformation, guidelines for designing learning companies are proposed.
472 citations