Vocational Training in Higher Education: A Case Study of Work-Based Learning within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)

Autor/in	Nikolou-Walker, Elda
Titel	Vocational Training in Higher Education: A Case Study of Work-Based Learning within the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 12 (2007) 3, S.357-376 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Benefits; Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Law Enforcement; Police Education; Training Methods; Case Studies; Professional Development; Competency Based Education; Informal Education; Educational Innovation; Human Capital; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsertrag; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Gesetzesvollzug; Polizeihochschule; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Humankapital
Abstract	The pre-eminence of knowledge and skills as the sources of wealth creation and economic growth is one of the major issues in business at the beginning of the twenty-first century. As a result, Human Resource Development has been propelled into a central role in management thinking. However, this has not always been reflected in practice since many of the methodologies for monitoring and assessment continue to reflect the previous importance of fixed capital, the industrial society and the quantity of labour employed. The police service like other public services has had to ensure that its staff is skilled to undertake an ever more complex role within society. This has traditionally been delivered through typical organisational training processes. The value of learning as opposed to training is rarely proposed. The "soft" benefits of education, elements like critical thinking and emotional intelligence as well as learning, are rarely given sufficient emphasis. However, increasingly organisations are realizing the benefits of creating an open environment that allows informal learning to flourish. This article will explore the concepts of traditional training within policing before reviewing as a case study the introduction of a work-based and experiential learning paradigm within police development. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10