A presentation about a skills gap: industry demands versus learning outcomes. The presentation deals with ongoing research about workplace learning in computing curricula.
Professional development of teacher educators is an important issue. In order to be able to teach the teachers of the future, teacher educators have to keep their own knowledge and skills 'future proof'. When it comes to professional development, very often people think of 'attending courses'. But attending courses to keep up knowledge and/or skills, is only a small aspect of the broad range of possible activities to fill in ones professional development. A lot of professional development takes place at work, the so-called workplace-learning or informal learning. In this study we look at the professional development of teacher educators through informal learning. Often forms of informal learning are not recognized by the learner, because they are so integrated with work. In this study the goal is to stimulate awareness of informal learning processes by teacher educators. Teacher educators use a logbook and report daily, weekly or once in three weeks what they have learned. After a three-week period they analyse their logbooks by looking at 'what is learned, 'how is learned', with or from who is learned'. This study has two types of outcomes: (1) awareness of the informal learning processes of the participating teacher educators themselves and (2) insights into the processes of stimulating awareness of informal learning processes. The study is in progress (march 2012) and we will present our findings at the conference in Antwerp.
This dissertation presents the results of a research project on unraveling the dynamics of facilitating workplace learning through pedagogic practices in healthcare placements. Supervisors are challenged to foster safe learning opportunities and fully utilize the learning potential of placement through stimulating active participation for students while ensuring quality patient care. In healthcare placements, staff shortages and work pressure may lead to stress when facilitating workplace learning. Enhancing pedagogic practices in healthcare placements seems essential to support students in challenging experiences, such as emotional challenges. This dissertation proposes approaches for optimizing learning experiences for students by highlighting the value of day-to-day work activities and interactions in healthcare placements, and shedding light on agency in workplace learning through supervisor- and student-strategies.
Studenten in het beroepsonderwijs leren op de werkplek om een goede beroepsuitoefenaar te worden. Beoordeling van het werkplekleren gebeurt vaak op de werkplek en door de werkplek. Dit promotieonderzoek wil in kaart brengen hoe werkplekopleiders de student beoordelen.
Studenten in het beroepsonderwijs leren op de werkplek om een goede beroepsuitoefenaar te worden. Beoordeling van het werkplekleren gebeurt vaak op de werkplek en door de werkplek. Dit promotieonderzoek wil in kaart brengen hoe werkplekopleiders de student beoordelen.Doel Het doel van dit promotieonderzoek is om het beoordelingsproces van werkplekopleiders in kaart te brengen en te analyseren. Door inzichten over dit proces te ontwikkelen en de huidige praktijk te analyseren willen we sterke en zwakke kanten van dit proces identificeren om zo bij te kunnen dragen aan de ondersteuning van werkplekopleiders. Implementatie Op basis van de resultaten van dit promotieonderzoek kunnen interventies ontwikkeld worden waarmee beoordelaars ondersteund kunnen worden in het beoordelen van het functioneren van studenten in de beroepspraktijk. Resultaten Ronde tafel-presentatie (2017). Beroepsbekwaamheid beoordelen: zicht krijgen op beslissingsprocessen van beoordelaars op de werkplek. Onderwijs Research Dagen 2017 Paperpresentatie (2017). Supervisor assessment of performance at the workplace in vocational education deconstructed. European Conference of Assessment in Medical Education 2017 Paperpresentatie (2018). Understanding how educators at the workplace reach judgements when assessing students’ professional performance. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction – Special Interest Group 1 2018 Proefschrift (2023) met titel Understanding how workplace educators assess student performance (verdediging 30 juni 2023). Looptijd 01 september 2016 - 01 september 2020 Aanpak Dit promotieonderzoek betreft een samenwerking tussen de OU en het lectoraat Beroepsonderwijs. De promotor vanuit de OU is prof. dr. Elly de Bruijn (ook lector Beroepsonderwijs), en de co-promotor vanuit het lectoraat Beroepsonderwijs is dr. Liesbeth Baartman. Tijdens dit promotieonderzoek nemen we interviews af en doen we een literatuurreview om in beeld te brengen wat er al bekend is in theorie en praktijk. Daarna doen we een longitudinale case study om het beoordelingsproces van werkplekopleiders gedurende de stage in kaart te brengen.
