Search results for "Profession"

Building individual expertise in doctoral studies - the significance of everyday experiences and changing contexts

2015

High expectations for skiils are directed at doctors and doctoral students in the fast changing global time. Innovative soiutions to the genuine problems of society are expected of the new doctors. The expectations for skills that accumuIate through the evcryday experiences and difflrent contexts, and the requirements for experts in working life are experienced as partially conllicting by the doctoral students themselves. The expertise of doctoral students is individual — it forms in the long term in difkrent everyday contexts and is built from several individual elemenis. The experienccs and expertise of doctoral students forms diff’erentiy in diffirent contexts. The everyday experiences a…

The Acquisition of Professional Expertise—a challenge for educational research

1997

This article examines the acquisition of professional expertise from the educational viewpoint and outlines emerging approaches to research on expertise. The starting points are the need to reflect the nature and content of expertise in the changing world and the aim to understand the preconditions for integrating the viewpoints of working life and education in developing prerequisities for expertise in educational contexts. The section after the Introduction briefly reviews how expertise has been conceptualized in recent research. The next section deals with the role of higher education in developing expertise from the viewpoint of constructivist approaches in research on learning. Then cu…

Evaluation of the Effects of a Bullying at Work Intervention for Middle Managers.

2020

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of a workplace bullying intervention based on the training of middle managers regarding bullying awareness, the consequences of bullying, strategies in conflict resolution and mediation/negotiation abilities. Overall, 142 randomly selected middle managers participated in the study. First, participants completed an information record and two scales assessing bullying strategies, role conflict and role ambiguity. The last two scales were completed again in a second phase three months after the intervention had finished. The intervention produced a decrease in the following bullying strategies: effects on self-expression and communication, effect…

Workplace bullying, burnout and resilience amongst perioperative nurses in Australia: A descriptive correlational study.

2021

AIM This study aimed to investigate workplace bullying and explore correlations between bullying, burnout and resilience amongst perioperative nurses in Australia. BACKGROUND Workplace bullying in perioperative nursing involves verbal, physical and psychological violence. However, no prior studies have measured Australian perioperative nurses' experiences of workplace bullying nor sought to understand if there is a relationship with burnout and resilience. METHODS A descriptive correlational study was conducted utilizing an online survey incorporating four validated instruments. Descriptive statistics and regression models analysed workplace bullying, burnout and resilience. RESULTS Over ha…

Introducing teachers to new semiotic tools for writing instruction and writing assessment: consequences for students’ writing proficiency

2017

This article reports consequences for student writing quality based on a long-term professional learning project. Project teachers, representing all school subjects in grades 3–7, were presented with a writing construct, ‘Wheel of Writing’, and norms of expectation for writing proficiency. Participating teachers used the writing construct and norms as a basis for writing instruction and writing assessment. The project was conducted in 24 schools across Norway. 3088 students from 20 project schools participated. Two hundred and thirty three students from 4 schools were used as a comparison group. The investigation showed that students in primary school improved their writing quality signific…

Le quotidien de la professionnalisation

2006

L'objet de cette étude est de retracer les étapes de l'histoire d'un groupe professionnel en perpétuel devenir (les enseignants d'EPS) à partir de témoignages d'enseignants. Pris un à un, ces récits de vie ne livrent qu'une succession d'épisodes anecdotiques. Mais lorsque les situations se répètent d'un récit à l'autre, on passe du singulier d'une carrière individuelle au général : le destin collectif d'un groupe professionnel qui s'est construit à l'échelle de l'établissement scolaire, dans les interactions entre les enseignants d'EPS et leurs partenaires éducatifs, chefs d'établissement, professeurs des autres matières et inspecteurs.

The narrow line between photographer and FoMOgrapher. The “fear of missing out” (FoMO) of young professionals

2021

Transitions to Working Life: Securing Professional Competence

2014

This chapter examines the transition from education to work as a critical phase of professional career and the development of professional competence Literature on transition to working life has identified several challenges that many graduates meet in the early stages of their career such as: threat of unemployment, inadequate knowledge and skills, decreased self-efficacy and increased stress, instability of professional identity, newcomers’ role and position in a work community, early attrition and changing occupation. The importance of workplace learning in supporting graduates as they transit to the workplace is influential in assisting graduates deal with these challenges. This chapter…

Forte baisse de l'embauche des jeunes en Bourgogne

2010

Réalisée en Bourgogne depuis vingt-cinq ans, l'enquête Insertion dans la vie active constitue un outil particulier et unique qui donne la possibilité de suivre l'évolution des conditions d'entrée des jeunes sur le marché du travail. Cette note présente les résultats de la dernière interrogation menée en février 2009, et donne un aperçu de la transition de l'école à l'emploi. En Bourgogne, 7 400 élèves et 4 800 apprentis âgés de 20 ans en moyenne, ont été interrogés sur leur situation professionnelle. Sept mois après la fin des études, 47 % des filles et 55 % des garçons sont salarié-e-s en février 2009. Les jeunes de la région n'échappent pas à la crise économique internationale illustrée p…

De la formation à l'emploi : une transition difficile

2006

Pour connaître le devenir des anciens élèves et apprentis, le ministère de l'Éducation nationale réalise des enquêtes depuis de nombreuses années, avec l'appui des établissements scolaires et des centres de formation d'apprentis. Cette note présente les résultats des dernières enquêtes effectuées en 2005, qui appréhendent les situations des jeunes sept mois après la fin de leurs études en Bourgogne.