Table 3

Scholarly and applied learning with principles, sample quotes and citations

Group С: Scholarly and applied learning
Learning by …PrincipleQuoteReferences
7. Reading and writingReading and writing, or “academic literacies”, are fundamental to learning. Researchers concur that reading and writing are foundational to all forms of WBL and academic study, and are crucial to the development of metacognitive skills and work-related success. Benefits from reading and writing include a wide range of affective and cognitive outcomes useful for work“The reason that both facilitators and participants [of a writer's retreat] were involved in the processes of writing, reading and commenting on each other's work was so that all could learn from each other—each would have the opportunity to both affect and be affected by the other” (Bozalek, 2017, p. 48)
  • Boose and Hutchings (2016) 

  • Lillis and Tuck (2016) 

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    Porter (2018) 

8. Researching and experimentingWork-based learning, problem-based learning, and project-based learning, including those using case studies and mixed methods research designs, are achieved through experiential work- related research activities and projects“Learning-by-(re)searching is a systematic way of acquiring new knowledge, in problem solving situations … where a learner draws on his/her past experience and existing knowledge to discover facts and relationships … [in] learning-by-experimenting, the clear line between the role of teachers and learners disappears, and researchers and students explore, learn, discuss and “solve” real-world phenomena together” (McCormick and Kiss, 2015, p. 47)
  • Castelnuovo et al. (2005) 

  • Grosemans et al. (2015) 

  • Vereijken et al. (2018) 

9. Solving real- world problemsIn work-based research, the individual learner explores a topic related to her or his professional role within an organisation or community of practice. The inquiry involves pragmatic insider-research as a way of solving real-world problems or improves practice in a broad professional context that utilises reflective practice, creates positionality and results in constructive impact“Work-based research projects, or professional inquiries, have had a long tradition within work-based learning pedagogy where there is an emphasis on professional learning as a form of lifelong or “human learning” … [practice-based study can] centre on undertaking a project in the workplace that focuses academic studies on a real-world problem within a professional context” (Nottingham, 2020, p. 128)
  • Erwin (2015) 

  • Gibson and Tavlaridis (2018) 

  • Miller and Maellaro (2016) 

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