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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Professional efficacy"”.
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Negotiating a path to professional efficacy: A narrative analysis of the experiences of four pre-service educators
… studies examining the development of a sense of professional efficacy in pre-service educators are concerned with either the systemic viewpoint of teacher education programmes or the relationship between the perceptions of pre-service educators and what is “really” happening in the classroom. The …
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The Relationship Between Vicarious Traumatization and Job Retention Among Child Welfare Professionals
… and job retention among 1,192 child welfare professionals in five different child welfare organizations. Propositions from Constructivist Self Development Theory (CSDT) were utilized to examine the differential factors influencing the impact of vicarious trauma on child welfare professionals' …
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Establishing a community of professional learners: leadership strategies that promote teacher efficacy
… would help to improve a sense of personal and professional efficacy among teachers, thereby improving school morale and retention of teachers in the profession. Morale is defined by Mendel (1987) as a feeling, state of mind, mental and emotional attitude. Washington, et al (1981) define morale …
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Relationship of Internet-Delivered Mantram Repetition Program to Burnout, Stress of Conscience, Spiritual Wellbeing, and Mindfulness in Healthcare Workers
… = 3.93, p = .039] and a quadratic effect for professional efficacy subscale showing an initial increase followed by a decrease [F(1,38) = 6.54, p<.02]. Stress of Conscience internal demand subscale had a quadratic effect [F(1,34) = 5.23, p<.03] and external demand subscale had a linear effect …
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Efficacy of a Professional Development Training Program in Macao to Assist Non-Native English Teachers Foster Learning Motivation in EFL Classrooms
… acceleration of globalization, the need for professional development programs to assist educators’ awareness of how to respond to these challenges is now more critical than ever. Since the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), in December of 1999, when the Portuguese …
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Teacher and Administrator Perspectives from Experiences in the Teacher Leadership Initiative
… school improvement and teacher and administrator professional practices. Unifying outcomes from the participants as a result of their involvement in this initiative included changes in thinking about leadership that directly improved professional efficacy, collaborative and leadership skills, and …
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Novice Teacher Reflections on an Induction and Mentoring Program and Its Mitigating Effect on Early-Year Attrition in a Midwestern, Urban School District
… have had a lasting or purposeful effect on their professional development and efficacy as professional educators.|Through qualitative coding and analysis of transcribed interviews and notes, the researcher determined which aspects of participant induction and mentoring experiences were perceived …
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Technostress and work wellness
… Due to fast-growing technology, computer professionals, as well as computer users face a great demand for continuous learning in order to secure and sustain their jobs. If this and other technological demands are not met, employees can feel inadequate and/or insecure with regard to their …
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Secondary special education teachers of Hispanic students with mild to moderate learning disabilities who are English language learners : their sense of efficacy and staff development needs
<p>Research indicates that a teacher's sense of efficacy or capacity to teach directly affects student-teacher interaction and student achievement. Recent demographic changes affecting California public schools require educators to rethink teacher training to meet linguistic, cultural, and academic …
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Applying integrative therapeutic approaches across organisational and clinical settings
… measured (Emotional Exhaustion, Cynicism and Professional Efficacy). Additionally principal components (‘factor’) analysis was used to create a single burnout factor, used in additional regression-modelling. The second component of this study used thematic analysis to analyse data collected …
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Locating Ideology in Talk and Practice: Understanding the Referral of African American Students to School Social Services and Special Education
… In theory, teachers and school social service professionals work together to provide assistance to students experiencing difficulties. This often takes the form of referring, assessing and labeling students en-route to special education. This is especially true for African American students, as …
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Attitudes of Preventive Care Specialists and Registered Dietitians Toward Their Obese Patients
… attitudes toward patients that might decrease professional efficacy.</p>
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Entrepreneur-Venture Fit and Burnout: Moderating Effects of Entrepreneurial Passion
… on cynicism, but none on the exhaustion and professional efficacy dimensions of burnout. The promotion focus of both the entrepreneur and venture is found to directly reduce burnout. Prevention focus does not affect burnout, which may be explained by a higher stressor tolerance or stronger …
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An Investigation into the Acquisition of Tacit Knowledge in e-Learning Environments: An Experimental Study
… significant impact on one’s quality of work and professional efficacy. A review of the literature has revealed that many studies address the questions related to the capacity of e-Learning environments to create conditions that are conducive for participants to share, acquire and retain tacit …
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Mobile learning and teacher quality: Assessing the impact of a mobile application on the positive psychology and professional practice of Panamanian teachers
… (a) understanding teacher perception of self-efficacy and self-permission; (b) examining whether teacher performance can be improved by addressing teacher confidence; and (c) exploring whether teacher self-efficacy and professional practice can be improved using mobile learning. Phase One …
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Mindfulness in pharmacy education: a national mixed-methods study
… upon students’ future performance as healthcare professionals, and the quality of patient care provided. Calls have been made to determine the best way to teach self-care as well as patient care as part of the pharmacy degree. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been shown to be of …