Search results for "Professional"

Towards leadership and management in guidance and counselling networks in Finland

2015

Politics and the ‘Ideology’ of Journalism in Romania: Results from Local Case Studies

2011

Abstract The paper approaches the ‘ideology’ of Romanian post-communist journalism as identified in local news media organisations. We focus on the practical philosophy of journalism, emphasizing elements such as autonomy, truth, objectivity; and the relationship of journalists and news organisations with political actors. Special attention is given to the interplay between this practical philosophy and the political and economic constraints influencing news media organisations in Romania. We approach this topic using in-depth interviews with journalists and editors from news media organisations in three Romanian cities. We argue that two different ‘ideologies’ of journalism as a profession…

Social welfare professionals willing to participate in client information system development - Results from a large cross-sectional survey.

2021

Human-centered design methods should be implemented throughout the client information system (CIS) development process to understand social welfare professionals’ needs, tasks, and contexts of use. The aim of this study was to examine Finnish social welfare professionals’ experiences of participating in CIS development. A national cross-sectional web-based survey on the CIS experiences of social welfare professionals (1145 respondents) was conducted in Finland in spring 2019. This study focused on statements concerning the experiences of end users with CIS development and participation. The results are reported by professional and age groups. Half (50%) of the 1145 respondents had participa…

The professional identity of teachers of English

2011

Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoitus oli selvittää englannin kielen opettajien identiteettiä erilaisten roolien valossa. Koska kielenopettajien identiteettiä on tutkittu hyvin vähän, tutkimuksen tarkoitus oli määritellä kielenopettajuuteen kuuluvia rooleja tarkemmin ja lisäksi tukea aikaisempia tuloksia aiheesta. Tutkimuksessa tutkittiin kielenopettajuutta opettajien näkökulmasta sekä sitä, miten työvuodet vaikuttivat opettajuuden muuttumiseen. Tutkimuksen viitekehyksenä käytettiin teorioita identiteetistä, rooleista ja ammattiidentiteetistä sekä aikaisempien tutkimuksien tuloksia aiheesta. Aikaisempiin tutkimustuloksiin perustuen voitiin keskittyä kolmen roolin, kasvattajan, kielenopettajan sekä ku…

Language policy, professional development and sustainability of multilingual approaches

2020

Policies and professional development which focusses on pedagogical skills, beliefs, and agency are essential to ensure the sustainability of multilingual teaching approaches. This chapter begins with an overview of research studies on language policies, teacher agency and beliefs with a focus on multilingual settings. The intertwining of policy and teaching practice is then illustrated by means of the Finnish case, demonstrating how recent ECEC policies advocating diversity and plurilingualism have gradually changed teacher beliefs. The second part of the chapter focuses on professional development (PD) in so far as it is able to support teachers in implementing policies, changing pedagogi…

Kohti sensitiivistä musiikin opettamista : ammattitaidon ja opettajuuden rakentumisen polkuja

2012

Implementing Intranet 2.0: A Study of Knowledge Requirements for External Consultants in Enterprise Systems

2014

Published article from the series: Procedia Technology. Also available on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protcy.2014.10.018 Open Access This paper reports on a case study focusing on intranet implementation projects seen from a consultancy lens. SharePoint is an Intranet 2.0 platform which is a user-centric system based on functionalities adapted from Web 2.0 technologies. Intranet implementation projects are accompanied by a complex socio-technical organizational environment, and require changes in organizational structure and culture. While former studies mainly have focused on challenges seen from the implementing organization's perspective, this study focuses on the experie…

Understanding teaching professionals' digital competence : What do PIAAC and TALIS reveal about technology-related skills, attitudes, and knowledge?

2021

In an ever-evolving technological landscape that challenges teaching professionals' digital competence, this study complements previous studies by providing an overall picture of teaching professionals' digital competence. We employed regression models on two large-scale assessment data sets on teachers from 11 countries—namely, the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS; n = 50,800) and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC; n = 2590)—to investigate through the theoretical lens of digital competence how teaching professionals' skills, attitudes and knowledge distribute and relate, and how they are associated with personal and contextual fact…

Capturing cognitive load management during authentic virtual reality flight training with behavioural and physiological indicators

2023

Background Cognitive load (CL) management is essential in safety-critical fields so that professionals can monitor and control their cognitive resources efficiently to perform and solve scenarios in a timely and safe manner, even in complex and unexpected circumstances. Thus, cognitive load theory (CLT) can be used to design virtual reality (VR) training programmes for professional learning in these fields. Objectives We studied CL management performance through behavioural indicators in authentic VR flight training and explored if and to what extent physiological data was associated with CL management performance. Methods The expert (n = 8) and novice pilots (n = 6) performed three approac…

Professional expertise, integrative thinking, wisdom, and phronēsis

2020

This chapter examines adult thinking from the perspective of professional expertise and phronēsis, that is, practical wisdom. It first describes differences between experts and novices, and presents three conceptualisations of the development of expertise. This is followed by an analysis of the form of adult thinking referred to as integrative thinking, and phronēsis. The relationship of these two with expertise is examined. The analysis shows that professional expertise requires holistic thinking involving the ability to integrate or conciliate various and even conflicting perspectives in order to find new solutions to problems. Furthermore, the role of emotions and ethical reflection is e…