Changes in new recruits’ motivation and intentions to use a learning portfolio
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X17699227 |
| Author | Phillip L Morgan,Michal Tombs |
| Date | 01 June 2018 |
| Published date | 01 June 2018 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Changes in new recruits’
motivation and intentions
to use a learning portfolio:
A longitudinal investigation
Michal Tombs
Wales Deanery, Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, Cardiff
University, Cardiff, UK
Phillip L Morgan
Department of Health and Social Sciences, Psychological Sciences
Research Group, University of the West of England (UWE) – Bristol,
Frenchay Campus, Bristol, UK
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine motivation and intentions to complete a
learning portfolio. Seventy newly recruited Police Community Support Officers
(PCSOs) at a UK police constabulary completed questionnaires at four different time
points during training that examined their perceptions of the instrumentality of the
learning portfolio and their intention to complete it. Results revealed decreases in
motivation and intention over the four training periods, with substantially lower ratings
six months into training. This study provides insight of the malleability of motivation
and attitudes towards the learning portfolio, suggesting that trainers should pay more
attention to moti vational proces ses.
Keywords
Learning portfolios, police community support officers (PCSOs), instrumentality,
intentions
Corresponding author:
Michal Tombs, Wales De anery, Postgraduate Med ical and Dental Educat ion, Cardiff Universi ty, Neuadd
Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS, UK.
Email: TombsM2@cardiff.ac.uk
The Police Journal:
Theory, Practice and Principles
2018, Vol. 91(2) 188–202
ªThe Author(s) 2017
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