Browsing by Subject "kulturellt kapital"

A rapidly changing society imposes demands on the individual person. There are constant changes concerning technology and innovations, changes that concern and affect our work life and methods. These require constant ability to adapt and develop skills. Furthermore, we live in a society where education and knowledge are considered as key factors for the development of society and for this current change boom. As these changes occur, it has become more common to participate in in-service training to keep updated in one's field of work. The purpose of this study was to examine how participation in an in-service training concerning supervision has been experienced by the informants, and what influence it had on them. The influence was examined in accordance with the theory of the different forms of capital. The informants have participated in in-service training to receive tools and advice concerning their own work or as a result of a changed work role. Additionally, the purpose of the study was to describe how the informants relate to the phenomenon of lifelong learning, and what it means in today's society seen from the informants' perspective. To achieve the purpose, the following research questions were answered: 1) How have the informants experienced the in-service training?, 2) On what levels has the in-service training influenced the informants? and 3) How do the informants relate to the phenomenon of lifelong learning? The material for the study consisted of interviews with eight (N=8) informants. The study was conducted qualitatively and proceeded from the phenomenological approach. The material was analyzed using the qualitative content analysis. The most central results were that three of the informants experienced that the in-service training was too theoretical and academic. These informants had wished for a training with more practical content. Furthermore, three of the informants experienced that there was a gap between the lecturers and oneself. The effects of the training were evident in that five of the informants acquired social capital, five acquired human or cultural capital and three acquired identity capital as a result. The informants were positive towards learning, and experienced that today's rapidly changing society and working life requires adaptability by the individual in terms of lifelong learning, even though three informants experienced that lifelong learning to some extent has lost its meaning and content. Furthermore, the informants desired more support from the employer to update one's knowledge and skills.