Students understand and are able to apply concepts and theories of learning and knowledge-use in a workplace context and are able to suggest Human Resource Management strategies to promote learning as an essential feature of (organisational) life.
Next students will work on the following general competencies: critical reading & thinking, communication skills and giving feedback, presentation skills and teamwork.

Why is it so difficult to capture and disseminate knowledge? Why is sharing expertise within teams, organisations or companies a challenge for experts and managers? Why is learning from each other in small groups and teams so difficult? Why does schooling not automatically result in increased performance?

The present course will introduce you in the emerging field of expertise development, knowledge sharing, and team learning. The course is based on insights from the cognitive and learning sciences. It analyses learning demands within organisations, and identifies key variables that play a role when people learn together in a training setting or at the workplace. Critical design rules are identified which stimulate learning in organisations. This course is relevant for students who are interested in socio-cognitive foundations of learning, training and development. Theoretical insights are applied in the analysis of a variety of practical situations characterized by people working and learning (together).

no handbook
Specific articles are selected.

Exchange students need to be interested in issues of Cognition, Learning behaviour, Education, and Training.
An advanced level of English