Research on learning at work and its implications for our work as development professionals
By Ian Cunningham (October 2004 Issue)
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We in Strategic Developments International have been researching learning at work for nearly ten years. Our initial study was based on interviews with 140 people in ten organisations. The evidence from that study showed that work-based learning was the main mode of learning. Training and education accounted for just 10 to 20 per cent of what made a person effective at work. This result has been replicated in research at various UK universities such as Lancaster and Sussex (see, for example, Burgoyne and Reynolds,1 Eraut2) as well as in the USA (see, for example, McCall et al3 and Wenger4).
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