In-Field Training in the Police: Learning in an Ethical Grey Area?

Autor/inn/en	Hoel, Linda; Christensen, Erik
Titel	In-Field Training in the Police: Learning in an Ethical Grey Area?
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 32 (2020) 8, S.569-581 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-04-2020-0060
Schlagwörter	On the Job Training; Police Education; Ethics; Learning Experience; Foreign Countries; Workplace Learning; Moral Development; Job Placement; Experiential Learning; Student Attitudes; Expectation; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Training-on-the-Job; Polizeihochschule; Ethik; Lernerfahrung; Ausland; Moralische Entwicklung; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung; Norwegen
Abstract	Purpose: Although workplace learning is an important part of professional learning, little is known about the unethical aspects of workplace learning. This study aims to describe students' learning experiences from in-field training in the police. This paper aims to examine how workplace learning can challenge proper ethical professional development and thus become a question of ethical concern. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on open-ended questions in a questionnaire among Norwegian police students (N = 277) who had ended their one year's in-field training and had returned to campus for the third and final year of police education. The data are analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis. Findings: The paper presents two findings. First, the students learn best from assignments that push them beyond their comfort zone. Second, students struggle with their own expectations of themselves as police officers. The findings suggest that workplace learning leaves students aspiring to demonstrate their capability to be a police officer, rather than focusing on learning to be a police officer. Practical implications: The study can provide organisations such as educations, public services and businesses with better understanding on how to enrich learning in their on-the-job training manuals and programmes to evolve ethical professional behaviour. Ethical considerations can help leadership to improve efficiency and performance at the workplace. Originality/value: How the potentially unethical aspects of workplace learning can influence the profession's ethical attitude is an understudied topic in studies on learning to become a professional. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01