Knowledge Transitions from the Continuing Professional Education Classroom to the Workplace (working title)

(Canada)

Research Question: This project explores the experiences of graduates of the Cultural Resource Management Program (University of Victoria) as they seek to apply their learning in museums and other cultural heritage workplaces. Through this research, I hope to identify the personal and organizational factors that influence the application and/or adaptation of knowledge and skills acquired as a result of continuing professional education.

Data Presentation: A dissertation in fulfillment of the PhD Program in Social Foundations in Education at the University of Victoria

Principal researcher: Joy Davis, University of Victoria

Research sites: An online survey of Cultural Resource Management Program graduates across Canada, the US, and beyond, followed by up to four on-site interviews with graduates and their colleagues; locations across Canada and the US to be determined on the basis of the survey.

Time span: The survey is underway and interviews for case studies will be conducted in the Fall of 2009. Analysis, interpretation and writing are planned for Spring of 2010.

Contact: Joy Davis, joydavis@uvic.ca ; 250 477 0072