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Driver training: the collective dimension in trainers' activity

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Motivation -- To analyse the collective dimension in professional trainers' activity, in the context of studies on driver training for safety.
Research approach -- The paper presents an explorative field study in the domain of initial driver training about trainers' activity depending whether they individually follow trainee's progression or share it with other trainers. A particular focus is put on the methodology for analysing trainers' interventions during driving sessions from a collective point of view.
Findings -- The results suggest that trainers did not seem to come upon great difficulties for anticipating trainees' "didactical guidance" when they did not manage the previous training session. However, formal constructs implemented in a "driver-training reference" frame --(DTR) and a "trainee's record form" (TRF)-- appeared as relatively low efficient tools in the asynchronous cooperation: the DTR training progression was not fully followed, and there was no homogeneity in filling TRF in. There were ambiguities in the written comments, concerning trainees' progressiona and trainers' future didactical focus. Typical cases called for direct face-to-face mediation both between trainers and with the trainee.
Research limitations/Implications -- Only few training sessions were analysed, from a limited sample of trainees at various driving levels. However the methodology developed for analysing trainers' didactical actions was generic. Implications concern both the organisation of driver-training situations and the formal initial training of the trainers themselves, including the use of TRF as a communication tool between trainers.
Originality/Value -- The research contributes to the design of methods for studying individual and collective trainers' activity in situations designed for professional learning and competence development.

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ECCE '07: Proceedings of the 14th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: invent! explore!
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ISBN:9781847998491
DOI:10.1145/1362550
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  1. asynchronous cooperation
  2. cognitive artefacts
  3. driver training
  4. trainers' activity

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