Effects of age, gender and occupation on perceived workplace learning support

Harteis, Christian; Billett, Stephen; Göller, Michael; Rausch, Andreas; Seifried, Jürgen

doi:10.1080/14480220.2015.1051349

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“…A recurring finding in the literature is that those who benefit most from adult education programs are not the target group (Harteis, Billett, Goller, Rausch, & Seifreid, 2015;Merrill, 2004;Nordhaug, 1986;OECD, 2013a;Rinne & Kivinen, 1993). The analyses of trends in participation in the Norwegian BKA program discussed earlier in this article support this finding.…”

Section: Is More Education Always the Answer?supporting

confidence: 52%

When Investment in Basic Skills Gives Negative Returns

Billington

Nissinen

Gabrielsen

2017

Adult Education Quarterly

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In recent years, the Norwegian government has invested heavily in improving basic skills in the adult population. Initiatives have included legislation, the introduction of work-based adult education programmes and reforms in schooling. In the light of this investment, we explore trends in adult literacy and numeracy, by comparing data from two international surveys of adult skills, conducted in 2003 and 2012. Paradoxically, the proportion of low performing adults appears to have increased, most significantly in the 16-24 year age group and in the foreign-born population. The profile of the lowest performing group has changed in the intervening years. These findings suggest that adult education programs and the education system more generally may not be in concord with the goal of including all in the communities of the literate. We discuss policy implications, in the context of the Scandinavian model but argue that the discussion is applicable beyond national boundaries.

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Section: Is More Education Always the Answer?supporting

confidence: 52%

When Investment in Basic Skills Gives Negative Returns

Billington

Nissinen

Gabrielsen

2017

Adult Education Quarterly

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“…In addition to the individual examination of a person's IWL, it is also conceivable to investigate the informal learning of working groups and teams and to examine whether the eight IWL components also play an important role in the collaborative learning of a team. Furthermore, other demographic variables such as level of employment, which have shown to be important in relation to IWL (Harteis, Billett, Goller, Rausch, & Seifried, ), could be investigated using the IWL scale.…”

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confidence: 99%

Informal workplace learning: Development and validation of a measure

Decius

Schaper

Seifert

2019

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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Informal workplace learning (IWL) is an important part of workrelated continuing education, especially in the case of bluecollar workers. The current article presents a new measure of IWL, which we developed based on the already existing Dynamic Model of Informal Learning by Tannenbaum et al. (2010). We extended the model to eight components by theoretical considerations, introducing a second-order structure. Each component is represented on the IWL scale with three items, the subscales have sound internal consistencies (α range between .76 and .92). The article also presents a short version of the scale comprising eight items (α = .79). Study 1 describes the process of item selection, while Study 2 deals with different theoretically conceivable models comparing their model fits. The predicted model with eight factors in a second-order structure achieves the best model fit. In addition, convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity are demonstrated. Mediumsized relationships of IWL components to conscientiousness and learning outcomes confirm the nomological network we developed previously in our study. The discussion provides limitations and possible scientific and practical applications of the IWL scale, for example, the transfer of the measure to other contexts and target groups. K E Y W O R D S blue-collar workers, informal workplace learning, scale development

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“…This is because in the field or at the time of the surveillance activities, the male surveillance officers had more advantages in situations when compared with female surveillance officers. The women were less task-oriented when they worked with male teams than they were working within the same gender group, but men were more task-oriented in mixed gender groups ( Myaskovsky, Unikel & Dew, 2005;Harteis et al 2015). Table 5 shows the value and relationship between trainee age group and training competencies.…”

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confidence: 94%

The effectiveness of Geographic Information System training for surveillance officers in Sukabumi district

Makful¹

2019

AJCE

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Surveillance is the systematic, continuous collection, processing, analysis and interpretation of data and its dissemination to entities that can act on it. An organization's human resources (HR) department has a very important role in the field of health care because the quality of public health services is determined by the effectiveness of the human resources working on them. With the Sukabumi district's large number of outbreaks and reports, it is necessary to have an effective system for gathering information and recording data. The purpose of this research is to understand the effectiveness of Geographic Information System (GIS) training for health surveillance officers in the Sukabumi district by analyzing the results of training competence measurements. This study used a mixed research method consisting of interview techniques and statistical analysis (MANOVA). The research results reveal that there is a correlation between the training participants' knowledge and their education level. Data analysis training using GIS-based health data can increase the competence of surveillance officers and health center managers in performing data processing in GIS applications. This research can be referenced in conducting community training, especially for health surveillance officers. Also, among the relationships between age, education, and gender, only educational level is related to knowledge level. This application of science and technology is not only important for health service officers in the Sukabumi Regency, but also in the Sukabumi District Health Office, because prevention programs for communicable diseases must be coordinated across sectors.

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Effects of age, gender and occupation on perceived workplace learning support

Cited by 23 publications

References 77 publications

When Investment in Basic Skills Gives Negative Returns

When Investment in Basic Skills Gives Negative Returns

Informal workplace learning: Development and validation of a measure

The effectiveness of Geographic Information System training for surveillance officers in Sukabumi district

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