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Direct linkPillay, Hitendra; McCrindle, Andrea R. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2005
This exploratory study investigates the distributed nature and complexity of professional expertise by examining the patterns of cognitive processes in novices and experts who are using ultrasound technology to make diagnoses. The study aims to identify and provide an explanation for such patterns in light of the recent debate on the locus of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedPillay, Hitendra; Boulton-Lewis, Gillian; Wilss, Lynn; Lankshear, Colin – Studies in Continuing Education, 2003
Interviews with 39 workers over 40 addressed their conceptions of work (job, challenging experience, personal empowerment, life-structuring device) and of learning at work (acquiring survival skills, observing/experiencing, taking courses, learning lifelong, and changing personally). Their conceptions were mostly incongruent with their levels in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Middle Aged Adults
Peer reviewedPillay, Hitendra – Studies in Continuing Education, 1998
Effective workers need to be multiskilled, which includes cross-skilling (ability to transfer skills across situations), upskilling (knowledge and understanding underlying skills), and higher-order thinking skills. The three dimensions complement each other in integrated instruction. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Job Skills, Metacognition, Skill Development, Thinking Skills
