Pro~L - professional learning

Organisation profile:The research unit Pro~L focus its research on learning in a professional context (corporate training or training programs for professions). A key theme in the research is (the mapping of) the effectiveness of (corporate) training programmes and factors influencing this effectiveness, such as factor at the level of the trainee (approaches to study, perceptions,¿) factors at the level of the training program (goals, learning activities,¿) and factors at the level of the organisation (learning climate, possibilities for on-the-job-learning). Examples of current research projects (or projects in progress): - Broadening the understanding of university students' approaches to learning - Building an integrated measurement system for the effectiveness of corporate training programmes (in cooperation with UAMS) - Effects of (corporate) training programs aiming for transfer (in cooperation with Maastricht University) - Effects of new learning- and assessment environments (in cooperation with the universities of Leuven, Leiden and Maastricht).

Keywords:APPROACHES TO LEARNING, EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION, EFFECTS NEW LEARNING, ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTS

Disciplines:Applied economics, Economic history, Macroeconomics and monetary economics, Microeconomics, Tourism, Education curriculum, Education systems, General pedagogical and educational sciences, Specialist studies in education, Other pedagogical and educational sciences