Overview
- Discusses different methodological approaches to empirically research professional development
- Addresses each methodological approach on a conceptual level
- Offers example studies to illustrate each research method
Part of the book series: Professional and Practice-based Learning (PPBL, volume 33)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Methods for Data Collection
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Methods for Data Analysis
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Research Approaches
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Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Eva Kyndt (PhD Educational Sciences) is an associate professor in human resource development and management at the Centre for the New Workforce (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia) and Department for Training and Education Sciences (University of Antwerp, Belgium). The common thread in her research is the attention of the intersection between learning and working. She has a profound interest in sustainable careers and focuses on lifelong learning and wellbeing of (prospective) employees. Her research interests include preparing graduates for sustainable careers, social networks in organisations, wellbeing at work and workplace learning. While she has conducted several mixed methods studies, she primarily adopts advanced quantitative methods including multilevel analysis, mixture growth models, generalized cross-lagged panel models and neural network analysis. In addition, she is currently venturing into emerging methods such as multilevel network analysis, self-organizing maps and visual analysis.
Susanna Paloniemi (PhD Educational Sciences) is a senior university lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her recent and current research focuses on professional learning, identity and agency in various work contexts and domains. Further, research on the role of emotions within the process of professional learning at work, has brought various research methods in the centre of her work. The application of a multi-method approach (e.g. self-reports, measurements, observations) in researching workplace learning from various perspectives is the underlying interest in her work.
Crina Damsa (PhD Educational Sciences) is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education at University of Oslo, Norway. The main theme of her research are situated processes of learning among young adults (students and professionals), under an overarching interest for lifelong learning. Research areas such as learning through collaboration and inquiry, technology enhanced learning and agency in work and learning are especially highlighted. While she has conducted several mixed methods studies, Crina’s research primarily adopts a qualitative methodology, including varied analytical approaches, designs and interpretative frameworks. Both exploratory ethnographies and longitudinal video observation research, and formative intervention studies, using a design-based methodology, are represented in her work. Currently, she is initiating research employing event sampling methods and multimodal learning, aiming to capture learning activities across digital and physical contexts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Methods for Researching Professional Learning and Development
Book Subtitle: Challenges, Applications and Empirical Illustrations
Editors: Michael Goller, Eva Kyndt, Susanna Paloniemi, Crina Damşa
Series Title: Professional and Practice-based Learning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08518-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08517-8Published: 31 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-08520-8Published: 01 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-08518-5Published: 30 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2210-5549
Series E-ISSN: 2210-5557
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 627
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Research Methods in Education, Education, general