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Moving Away from Patronage: A Feedback Approach
2022
Patronage appointments in government are a continuing issue in many administrative systems. Especially for countries in Latin America and Africa patronage is considered a major impediment to developing more effective administrative systems. A great deal has been written describing patronage and discussing the causes for patronage, but much less research has addressed the dynamics of moving away from patronage to more merit-based systems. This paper reviews the patronage literature and then develops a dynamic feedback model for movement away from patronage. The model links the quality of the services provided by the government, the nature of the political party system, and levels of trust t…
The Assessment of Professionalism for Ambulance Personnel – Problems and Challenges
2015
The purpose of this paper is to clarify whether annual knowledge testing at a work place promotes Ambulance professionals for personnel development, and if it providesthe possibility to assess personnel’s competence and professionalism. The results of 1693 ambulance personnel’s annual knowledge testing in years 2011, 2012,2013 are analysed in the research. The results obtainedreflect that in all stages knowledge improves, but there are not possibility to assess personnel’s competence and professionalism for building personnel development programs in the future.
Las soft skills del docente
2021
L’esercizio di una adeguata professionalità docente coinvolge dimensioni motivazionali, comunicative, pratiche e vocazionali che vanno ben oltre le specificità dei contesti d’aula, partecipando allo sviluppo complessivo dell’organizzazione scolastica e ad iniziative e progetti condotti dalla scuola nel rapporto con la più ampia realtà di ordine familiare, comunitario e sociale in cui è immersa. Quali competenze connotano il docente professionista oggi? Quali azioni e dispositivi di autovalutazione possono supportarne lo sviluppo professionale? Il concetto di competenza rimanda ad una serie di conoscenze specialistiche necessarie, ma non più sufficienti per la formazione degli insegnanti: le…
Journalists’ Associations as Political Instruments in Central and Eastern Europe
2017
This editorial provides the overall context for the five cases—three national and two international—covered in this thematic issue. While the cases are from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), they highlight fundamental questions of journalism everywhere, including contradictions between freedom and control, professionalism and politics, individual and collective. The associations of journalists serve as very useful platforms to study these questions, especially at historical turning points when the whole political system changed, as happened twice in CEE after World War II.
Professionalisation and quality management: struggles, boundaries and bridges between two approaches
2011
European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2 (2011) 1, S. 21-35
Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2022: Proceedings of Scientific Papers
2022
Professionalization of the Finnish voluntary sports sector : case study of the Tennis Club of Jyväskylä 1993-2016
2018
Professionalization of sports is an on-going phenomenon. Voluntary sports clubs have been based on the values of amateurism. Recently, the trend of professionalization has had effects on the voluntary sports sector. The main aim of the thesis is to explore, describe, understand, and highlight the development, changes, and challenges of the Tennis Club of Jyväskylä (JTS) while moving towards professionalism from 1993 to 2016. At the end, the goal of the study is to enhance our understanding of the voluntary sports club´s operational environment. Qualitative research method, a case study, was used in this study. The data of the study was collected through semi-structured interviews with five …
Aloittelevien luokanopettajien käsityksiä ja kokemuksia opettajan ammatillisuudesta
2013
Tutkimus käsittelee opettajan ammatillisuutta ja ammattitaitoa. Aihetta lähestytään aloittelevien luokanopettajien käsitysten ja kokemusten kautta. Tässä tutkimuksessa vallitsevan lähestymistavan mukaan ammatillisuus on opettajan jokapäiväiseen työhön liittyvää ammattitaitoa, sekä opettajan oma ymmärrys työnkuvasta, työn tavoitteista, edellytyksistä ja työssä onnistumisesta. Tutkimuksen aineisto kerättiin teemahaastatteluilla syksyllä 2012. Aineiston analyysin tavoitteena on kuvailla, tarkastella ja selventää aloitteleville luo-kanopettajille näyttäytyvää ammatillisuuden ilmiötä. Huomiota pyrittiin kiin-nittämään erityisesti siihen, mitä on se ammattitaito jota päteväksi nähty aloitte-leva …
The role of top-level sport in Finland : a governmental perspective of the present status and future trends
2011
Top-level sports has been through its existance a part of Finnish society which creates social content. It has its own place in a nation’s history and culture. It has promoted national identity among Finnish people. This study examines the role and different faces of Finnish top-level sports during of its exisctance from early 1900s until today. In Today’s top-level sports there are many interesting aspects from which professionalism rises the topmost. From a governmental perspective the concept of top-level sport refers to sporting events and athletes who already represent their countries or aim at international success and recognition. Moreover such sports and athletes are also publicly s…
UPBRINGING AND LEARNING UNITY AS A SOURCE FOR DEVELOPING TEACHERS' EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS
2020
In the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the scientific research in Europe started focusing more on the problems of upbringing. Pedagogical science was no exception, and also started raising questions regarding upbringing including both the teaching/learning and the upbringing/self-education processes in pedagogical activities and in the education system as a whole. The united way in which the teaching/learning, upbringing/self-education work is conducted at educational institutions reflects the professionalism of the teacher. The study reveals the necessity and importance of upbringing and unity in teaching work for the pedagogical processes of the 21st…