Key Predictors of Learning Transfer in Continuing Vocational Training

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 35-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Anja-Christina Hinrichs

Keyword(s):

Latent Variables ◽

Vocational Training ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Learning Transfer ◽

Field Work ◽

Work Context ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

And Performance ◽

Continuing Vocational Training ◽

Skill Shortages

Against the background of demographic change and skill shortages continuing vocational training is of great significance in Germany. However, the training effectiveness is mostly assessed only at the end of a training program or several months after the training. Since in continuing vocational training the two contexts learning field (training) and performance field (work context) act simultaneously, the presented study investigated whether there are already situations in the work context which allow the application of newly acquired knowledge in parallel with the training. The main focus lies in the identification of predictors of learning transfer that takes place alongside the training participation and in the investigation of their causal relationships. Using structural equation modelling five latent variables were identified which have a significant effect on learning transfer parallel to the training the so called collateral learning transfer. These five predictors explain together 62% of the variance of collateral learning transfer (gathered as performance improvement at work).

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impact of a smartphone or tablet application on learning transfer in the field of continuing vocational training

SCENTIA International Economic Review ◽

10.52514/sier.v1i2.18 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 57-74

Author(s):

Christine Hinrichsen ◽

Richard Pospisil

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Vocational Training ◽

Learning Transfer ◽

Continuing Vocational Training ◽

Standard Learning

The study aimed to research the impacts of a smartphone or tablet application in the field of continuing vocational training(CVT). Well trained employees are of utmost importance in the eyes of any corporation. With the help of literature review and survey, the empirical study gets to conclude that these modes help proactively to increase learning transfer in CVT. Furthermore, the study shows that such applications are currently not yet a standard learning transfer tool.

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From Critical Theory to Critical Pragmatism: Capability and the Assessment of Freedom

Critical Sociology ◽

10.1177/0896920517691107 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 937-952 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bénédicte Zimmermann

Keyword(s):

Critical Theory ◽

Vocational Training ◽

Capability Approach ◽

Critical Power ◽

Critical Approach ◽

Critical Pragmatism ◽

Empirical Inquiry ◽

Policy Level ◽

Continuing Vocational Training ◽

The Individual

This article discusses the implications of the double dimension of the capability concept, which is simultaneously normative and descriptive, in sustaining a critical approach toward freedom. Capability may provide a key concept for critical theory. It may also fuel critical pragmatism as anchored in committed empirical inquiry. Building on John Dewey’s pragmatist account, the article advocates a critical approach that is as much a matter of conceptual yardstick as of empirical inquiry. Taking reforms in the area of French continuing vocational training as a case in point, it demonstrates the analytical and critical power, when it comes to the idea of freedom, of a capability approach confronting three levels of inquiry that are usually investigated separately: the institutional (public policy) level, the organizational (in this case company) level, and the individual (biographical) level.

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Career Profile, Continuing Professional Training and Motivation in BICICI Employees

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0402.183 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Tombezoogo Sylvestre Innocent ◽

Loba Saga Bernard ◽

Yao René Yao ◽

Kassi Jean –Fréjus

Keyword(s):

Human Capital ◽

Vocational Training ◽

Professional Training ◽

Work Motivation ◽

Probabilistic Method ◽

Statistical Test ◽

The Other ◽

Chi Square ◽

Banking Structure ◽

Continuing Vocational Training

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of career and continuing professional training on work motivation among BICICI employees. To achieve this, a sociological survey was carried out among 221 workers in this banking structure. These workers were selected using the probabilistic method. The method of data collection in the field was carried out by means of a questionnaire comprising essentially four axes. The chi-square statistical test was used to process the collected data. This treatment resulted in two levels of outcomes. One reveals that the career profile determines the motivation to work in the study subjects. The other shows that the motivation at work of the respondents depends on continuing vocational training. Herzberg’s bifactorial theory and Becker’s human capital assisted in interpreting these results.

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