Search results for "Profession"
showing 10 items of 3164 documents
Electoronic Performance Monitoring in Call Centers: An Ethical Decision Model
2013
Ever since it emerged on a widespread basis in the 1990s, electronic performance monitoring of employees has received significant scrutiny in the literature. Call centers have been the focus of many of these studies. This particular study addresses the issue of electronic performance monitoring in call centers from an ethical perspective. The following ethical dilemma is offered: "Is it ethical for a call center manager to evaluate the performance of a call center employee using electronic performance monitoring data gathered on the employee?" Using utilitarian, Kantian, virtue, and covenantal ethical theories, the study proposes an ethical decision model and subsequently applies the model …
Moral determinants social communication
2014
The article describes the social communication, which is defined by moral principles. Particular attention is drawn to the interdisciplinary nature of the social communications, deterministic principles morality.
Finnish and German student teachers’ motivations for choosing teaching as a career : The first application of the FIT-Choice scale in Finland
2019
This study introduces and validates the Finnish version of the FIT-Choice scale and uses the scale to explore Finnish undergraduate students' motivations for choosing teaching as a career as well as their perceptions of teaching as a profession in comparison to German student teachers. The results replicated the FIT-Choice structure both in Finland and Germany. Sample comparisons revealed that motivations for teaching and perceptions of the teaching profession reflected both differences and similarities between Finland and Germany. The study offers novel information on student teachers’ motivational structure. peerReviewed
In pursuit of beginning teachers'competence in promoting reading motivation: a mixed-methods study into the impact of a contunuing professional devel…
2020
As teachers’ reading motivation and self-efficacy for promoting reading motivation can be considered vital for their reading-oriented promotive teaching practices and students’ reading motivation, this study evaluated the impact of a year-long CPD program for beginning primary school teachers. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design with repeated measures was established, including a comparison and two CPD conditions (group vs. individually-oriented). Based on the quantitative results only no clear impact of and differences between the conditions could be observed. The qualitative analysis, however, showed growth in teachers’ reading motivation and self-efficacy at a different pace and l…
Exploring Teachers' Motivation for Teaching and Professional Development in Ethiopia : Voices from the Field
2015
Teachers’ work, learning, and professional development are central to any effort aiming at improving schools. Consequently, teachers must consider themselves as a lifelong learner, engage in continuous professional learning and apply that learning to improve student learning and achievement. This article explores teachers’ motivation for teaching and professional development in secondary schools in Ethiopia. Data were collected via interviews and focus group discussions from 32 teachers. The analysis of the collected information revealed low salary and the absence of link between performance and reward as major motivational challenges for teachers. The identified motivational challenges wer…
Kształtowanie kompetencji wielokulturowej nauczycieli w procesie przygotowania zawodowego na Ukrainie
2017
W artykule ukazano kształtowanie się kompetencji wielokulturowej przyszłych nauczycieli w kontekście globalizacji, zobrazowano charakterystykę głównych tendencji rozwoju w europejskiej przestrzeni edukacyjnej. Analizowano teraźniejsze badania odnoszące się do kwalifikacji zawodowych nauczycieli.
Professional agency in a university context: Academic freedom and fetters
2020
Professional agency is an urgent topic in academic contexts, albeit relatively unexplored, and elaborated with contradictory conclusions on its extent and characteristics. To contribute to the discussion, this multimethod study investigated professional agency within a Finnish university. We utilised questionnaire data and interviews to explore agency, as manifested in influencing at work, developing work practices, and negotiating professional identity. We found that overall, these three dimensions of agency were manifested fairly substantially, and in a similar manner among the academic staff. The study further emphasises the social nature of professional agency, and presents theoretical …
Basile's Atelier
2013
BASILE’S ATELIER Ernesto Basile’s professional work-study bears witness to his continuity of activity. We find more than family belongings and evidence of professional affinity between the protagonists of this story, from generation to generation. It is more a matter of objects and places, memories which have been handed down in private spaces and reactivated in the spaces of the city, to the present days. The size of an architectural firm, as there may be some partnerships with private clients - of course, in this matter the more immediate association is that with the name of Florio - tends to be seen, however, as an element of connection with “the public”, municipalities in the first inst…
Adapting to Change : How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Impacted the Music Therapy Profession
2021
COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, it has had an undeniable impact on many aspects of society, with far-reaching effects. The COVID-19 pandemic has likely affected music therapists in various ways, as they typically work in-person with their clients, often in healthcare related settings. This study aims to investigate the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the professional practice of music therapists. A questionnaire was shared online to certified music therapists around the world during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were three broad areas of inquiry that the questionnaire covered, including the situational changes and/or practical adaptati…
Aspiracje edukacyjne i zawodowe oraz zamierzenia migracyjne młodzieży z województwa podkarpackiego w świetle badań empirycznych
2018
Artykuł prezentuje wyniki socjologicznych badań sondażowych nad dążeniami życiowymi młodzieży z województwa podkarpackiego w kontekście przyszłości tego regionu. Wśród młodzieży dominuje chęć nauki na studiach wyższych, w bardzo dobrym ośrodku akademickim z tradycjami. Młodzi ludzie oceniają również region jak tradycyjny i konserwatywny oraz mało postępowy. W związku z tym utrzymują się nadal wysokie skłonności migracyjne wśród młodzieży, zarówno wewnętrzne jak i zagraniczne, co zagraża harmonijnemu rozwojowi regionu w przyszłości. Natomiast Podkarpackie nie jest raczej zagrożone „pułapką niskiej dzietności", bowiem wśród młodzieży był popularny model rodziny tradycyjnej, z dwojgiem dzieci,…