Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"professional communities"”.
-
UNDERSTANDING INFORMAL LEARNING IN VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES OF TEACHERS IN KAZAKHSTAN
… context of educational improvement, teachers’ professional networks, as a source of social capital, have been conceptualised as an integral part of teacher professionalism, as well as an essential element of successful educational change, and in the context of what Van Dijck, Poell and De Waal …
-
The institutionalization of professional communities: Insights from studies of professionals in Hungary
… to test hypotheses on whether specific groups of professional community institutions – in our case BAs –fulfil a transaction-supporting role, with the following key findings: 3.1: The majority of BAs in our sample institutionalize transaction-supporting functions such as moral and professional …
-
Building communities and sharing knowledge: a study into teachers working together across national boundaries
This dissertation explores the types of professional communities that are built when teachers work in initiatives that, in various forms, link them to teachers from other countries. In doing so it explores the types of knowledge that may be exchanged by the building of these communities and the …
-
Building communities and sharing knowledge: a study into teachers working together across national boundaries
This dissertation explores the types of professional communities that are built when teachers work in initiatives that, in various forms, link them to teachers from other countries. In doing so it explores the types of knowledge that may be exchanged by the building of these communities and the …
-
Using Professional Learning Communities to Build Teacher Leadership Capacity: Creating Sustainable Change in Education
… of this study, I examine the effective uses of professional learning communities in relation to building leadership capacity among teachers. The literature reviewed illustrates and addresses the need for teachers to see themselves, not only as professionals, but as leaders. This study addresses …
-
Creating a Third Place for Collaboration: Museum and Art Community Network
<p>It is widely believed that museum and art professional networks are useful to professionals’ capacity development and networking. However, how these networks unite and create space for collaboration, and whether they are beneficial and accessible to larger professional communities has not been …
-
The influence of communities of practice on community college nurse educator identity
… challenges which may affect their sense of professional identity and lead to frustration in the faculty role (Adams, 2011; Boyd & Lawley, 2009; Duffy, 2013; Schoening, 2013). That frustration may lead nurse educators to leave academia (Adams, 2011). Conversely, the construction of a strong …
-
Constructing professional knowledge: the Neighborhood Unit concept in the community builders handbook
… Unit concept in the literature of twenty professional and governmental organizations. In the middle decades of the twentieth century, the Neighborhood Unit was influential primarily in advancing the changes in development practices advanced by Adams and institutionalized by the FHA: …
-
The Information Environment of Academic Library Directors: Use of Information Resources and Communication Technologies
… roles, organizational environments, and professional communities. This qualitative study uses interviews, observations, questionnaires, and documents. Library directors participating in the study are from doctoral-degree granting universities in the southwestern United States. Data …
-
The professional geographer experience: issues for advancing collegiate geography education
… of tireless and well directed efforts from its professional communities, geography as a field of study experienced a tremendous revitalization during the past few decades. Collegiate geography educators, however, cannot afford to become satisfied; additional needs in both research and …
-
Beyond Participation: The therapeutic ‘self-photograph’ and participatory photography in peer-led mental health design and evaluation
… photographic practice evolving in therapeutic communities. I define this practice as ‘self-photography’ and ‘shared self-photography’ which reflects the way in which people therapeutically engage with one another and self-advocate in this context. I believe this practice is not yet evidenced in …
-
Experiences of African American male engineering students: a qualitative analysis
… in the science and engineering academic and professional communities (Babco, 2001a). The few who did earn degrees in these fields, obtained them primarily from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and these institutions also served as the primary employer for these graduates …
-
Using high-resolution topography for advancing the understanding of mass and energy transfer across landscapes
… this task to the academic, public service, and professional communities. In this thesis, the GeoNet algorithm is tested across different types of landscapes and data resolutions. Innovative analysis methods are also assessed within the framework in order to advance the method in parallel with …
-
Failure, remediation and the disruption of professional identity formation in undergraduate medical students (at two UK medical schools)
… narratives medical students create around their professional identities are impacted upon by academic failure and subsequent remediation at two UK medical schools. Whilst much has been written regarding pedagogically underpinned approaches to remediation, little has been published regarding how …
-
Live, virtual, and constructive environments for performance support
… technicians are concentrated in three professional communities. First is the Performance Improvement community where work is focused on developing and implementing performance support system technologies that deliver information that is stored in information systems. Second is the …
-
The Practices of Speech-Language Pathologists Supporting the Acquisition of Skilled Reading in Public Schools
… in this study were selected from online professional communities of speech-language pathologists holding the Certification of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) or an equivalent credential from a licensing organization. Twelve speech-language …
-
Integrative Medicine - Holistic Conceptual Model, Scientific and Educational Approaches // Интегративна медицина - холистичен концептуален модел, научни и образователни подходи
… behaviour and interests of student and professional communities regarding CAM, health promotion and IM (2021-2022, KAP study); - Dynamic Delphi study with an educational focus among experts in the field of higher medical education and healthcare (2022); 5. A conceptual educational model …
-
Akapapa – The Journey Home
… explores sustainability in counselling and professional practice through the lens of lived experience, focusing on the impacts of spiritual abuse and religious trauma on personal identity and professional frameworks. Using autoethnography, poetic inquiry, and thematic analysis, the research …
-
The impact of educational policy changes upon elementary school teachers' instructional practices
… This study was framed by two concepts: communities of practice , by which individuals, who share common concerns or passions, interact with others routinely to learn from one another in a way that improves his or her particular practice, and organizational culture which views …
-
Moments that Matter: Experiences, Commitment and Career Decisions of Young Professionals in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector
… the career decision-making processes of young professionals in the tourism and hospitality sector, focusing on the factors that strengthen commitment or lead to career exit. While most career studies emphasize individual psychological or social dimensions, this research highlights the …
Page 1 of 2