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Widing, Mats
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Söderström, T., Lindgren, C., Sjöberg, D., Söderlund, R., Åström, E. & Widing, M. (2022). The impact of a preparation phase on the development of practical knowledge in police education: A comparison of two conditions for preparing a practical scenario training. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 74(3), 355-372
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2022 (English)In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, ISSN 1363-6820, E-ISSN 1747-5090, Vol. 74, no 3, p. 355-372Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article examines how a virtual case that prepares students for practical scenario training affects police students’ performance in a practical scenario training. This study included 69 Swedish police students at the Basic Training Programme for Police Officers–35 assigned to a virtual police case (VCASE) and 34 assigned to a conventional teacher-led (CON) lesson. A questionnaire captured how students experience training conditions and a blind assessment by police officers evaluated the students’ performance in the practical scenario training. The results show that both the VCASE and CON participants thought that the training they received before the practical training was meaningful and motivating. However, to a significantly higher degree than the CON students, the VCASE students thought that their preparation helped them during the practical training. The expert assessment of one practical scenario (stopping a suspected stolen car) showed that the VCASE participants performed better than the CON participants in three out of five criteria. In conclusion, the VCASE and the CON training had different effects on the students’ performance in the practical scenario: compared to the CON training, the VCASE training seemed to more effectively help the police students solve the situations presented in the practical scenario training.

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Routledge, 2022
Keywords
computer-based training, higher education, pedagogy, scenario training, simulation-based training, virtual case, Vocational education and training
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Pedagogy
Research subject
Studies in the Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41575 (URN)10.1080/13636820.2020.1786441 (DOI)000549455900001 ()2-s2.0-85087519780 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2020-07-14 Created: 2020-07-14 Last updated: 2023-01-04Bibliographically approved
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