Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE) is pleased to announce the publication of “Unveiling the Unforeseen: Researchers’ learning from a collaboration examining learner agency in vocational education across Canada, Denmark and New Zealand” by Steve Henry, M.EnvEd, Emma Smith, PhD, Ginger Grant, PhD, Jan Hendrik Roodt, PhD, Lisa Anketell, M.Ed, Niels Bjerre Tange, PhD, Thomas Iskov, PhD. 

Abstract:

A group of researchers have collaborated for three years to explore learner agency across vocational contexts in Canada, Denmark, and New Zealand. To investigate the learning from this collaboration, participants carried out a collaborative autoethnography. Participants wrote their perspectives and themes, which were distilled. What emerged is a community of practice that has generated unexpected trust and depth. The cultural exchange and diversity-building have changed previous views of each other’s practices. There has been significant personal and professional growth for all participants. The collaboration has led to an increased criticality, something all participants noted would not have been possible without the freedom to be candid about the challenges and changes they face in their home contexts. What began as an inquiry into learner agency has resulted in the researchers becoming the unexpected learners by unveiling unforeseen insights into their own practices. 

Read Unveiling the Unforeseen on JIPE.ca

About JIPE

Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE) is an online, open-access journal that mobilizes knowledge and insights generated by the global polytechnic community. JIPE is electronically published by Humber Press at Humber College’s Office of Research & Innovation. JIPE is accepting submissions on a rolling basis. To learn more about JIPE, please visit jipe.ca or email humberpress@humber.ca.