Search for dissertations about: "learning in practice"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 667 swedish dissertations containing the words learning in practice.
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1. Evidence in practice : On knowledge use and learning in social work
Abstract : Against the backdrop of the transformations in the entire framing of professional work, social work has come under close scrutiny in many countries, including Sweden. Doubts have been raised about practitioners’ existing knowledge base, and the importance of practitioners engaging in learning and the renewal and extension of professional capacities has been emphasized. READ MORE
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2. Learning Managerial Work : First-line Managers’ Learning in Everyday Work within Swedish Elderly Care
Abstract : This study’s overall aim is to contribute knowledge about first-line managers’ learning in everyday work within the context of elderly care. The study used a qualitative research approach and was carried out within four Swedish elderly care organisations. A total of 40 first-line managers were interviewed, 10 of whom kept time-use diaries. READ MORE
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3. Learning Together, Leading Change : Understanding Collective Learning in Social Entrepreneurial Organisations
Abstract : This dissertation aims to generate an understanding of collective learning in social entrepreneurial organisations in Sweden, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a collective learning-centred perspective, I want to explore the following key areas: a) the learning conditions and organising processes entailed in becoming a social entrepreneur and creating a social entrepreneurial organisation, b) the importance of collective learning for organisational adaptation and change in tackling exogenous factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and c) the role of leadership in creating conditions conducive to collective learning processes in social entrepreneurial organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE
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4. Learning in Collaboration : Academics’ experiences in collaborative partnerships
Abstract : There is an ongoing debate both in the United States and Europe about the need to develop a broader view of scholarship and the different activities connected with it, including “service to the community”. In Sweden, service takes the form of practice-oriented engagement and collaboration with the surrounding community, as stipulated by Swedish law regulating universities’ activities. READ MORE
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5. Epistemology of practice and its consequences in practice : Educating for knowing-in-action in working life
Abstract : Education and competence development are of increased interest in today’s society and organizations, to increase the wellbeing, lifelong learning, and mobility of the labor force, and contribute to companies’ global competition. As a consequence, formal and informal education is growing. READ MORE
