What are the consequences of sharing a trainee's driving course between different trainers?

Objectives: In some driving schools in France, several trainers may successively train a single trainee. This situation can be described as a case of asynchronous collaboration. In this paper, we examine the consequences of this situation in two different studies: the first explores the trainers...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2012-01, Vol.41 (2), p.205-215
Main Authors: Vidal-Gomel, C., Boccara, V., Rogalski, J., Delhomme, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobile driving
Automobile Driving - education
Collaboration
Diagnosis
Drivers
Driving
Educational Measurement
Ergonomics
Female
France
Humans
Male
Scaffolding
Schools
Skills
Studies
Teaching - methods
Trainers
Training
Trains
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Summary:Objectives: In some driving schools in France, several trainers may successively train a single trainee. This situation can be described as a case of asynchronous collaboration. In this paper, we examine the consequences of this situation in two different studies: the first explores the trainers' activity while the second concerns the trainees. Participants: The participants in the first study were 6 trainers with different levels of experience, each working with 2 different trainees. Four of them met their trainees for the very first time. The second study included 150 trainees from 13 driving schools in Paris. Methods: In the first study, the driving lessons were recorded and fully transcribed before a thematic analysis was conducted. In the second study, the trainees completed a questionnaire. We collected both socio-demographic and driver training data. Results: In the first study, we observed that changing trainers during a trainee's driving course had an impact on the trainers' activity. We identified difficulties in establishing a diagnosis of the trainee's progress, and the organization of the driving lesson was altered. The second study highlighted the fact that changing trainers at the beginning of a course increased the duration of the training period. Conclusion: The impacts of changing trainers during a trainee's driving course are discussed with regard to both the trainers' scaffolding activity and the trainees' skill development.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-2012-1285