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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"professional engagement"”.
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Professional engagement of locum community pharmacists
… quality assurance processes. This study examines professional engagement of locums in terms of their networking with pharmacist colleagues and their professional identity as pharmacists. With a constructivist, inductive approach, the study consisted of a series of five focus groups with a total of …
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The Professional Development of Teachers: The Perspective of the Practicing Transition Year Teacher
… of the Transition Year Programme to the professional development o f teachers and by implication of such development to the development of the school as a whole. The central focus of the study however, is on the potential for the professional development of the individual teacher through …
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“Now I know what I’m capable of, I just didn’t realize it before”: Pre-Service Teacher Readiness to Teach While Conducting Collaborative Action Research in a Community of Practice
… to be ready to teach, and to take on all the professional roles and responsibilities of a teacher from day one of their career. Self-efficacy is a strong indicator of teacher retention while a lack of a sense of readiness to teach can lead to teacher attrition. With the understanding that …
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'Challenging the Status Quo' Mothers of Children with Disability and their Relationships with Professionals: Counselling Psychology and its Social Justice Agenda
… disabilities experience their relationships with professionals supporting them. The study describes the strengths and difficulties within these relationships as being influenced at personal, systemic and social levels and explores the implications of these findings with regard to Counselling …
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Mentoring in an independent secondary school : teacher professionalism explored
… thesis investigates the influence that teacher professionalism has, at an Independent Secondary School, on formal and informal mentoring of new teachers. It attempts to elucidate the extent to which experienced teachers see mentoring their new colleagues in the classroom embedded within their …
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A career as a social entrepreneur: exploring social enterprise through institutional and critical theories
… practitioner. Although this was a personal and professional engagement with my own works, I believe I am now more able to articulate and contextualise my views on social enterprise and finance in a way that can be of use to others in the sector and provide access to those who would like to know …
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Fostering engagement in higher education of all stakeholders in the delivery of a high quality student experience.
… ways of: 1. Fostering and deepening student engagement within higher education learning in, through and out of the undergraduate (UG and postgraduate taught (PGT) study lifecycle; 2. Fostering and enhancing inter-professional engagement among HE staff in diverse roles working together to …
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Knowledge and Perception of influenza vaccine among elderly residents in a selected village in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… strengthening health education, health professional engagement, and policy implementation to improve influenza vaccination coverage among older adults. MPH
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Examining the Meaning of Course Evaluation
… and research activities and positively evaluated professional service. However, questions are being raised about the meaningfulness of students' ratings of course instruction. Do these measures effectively assess competence as instructors or do they measure other unknown processes in the …
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Cultural dissonance as a risk factor in the construction of megaprojects : the experience of western consultants working in the Gulf Cooperation Council
… suggest that differences in commercial, professional, and social-cultural norms can be quite profound, as clashes frequently occur, which impacts all parties, creating challenges for the megaproject's successful execution. Constructivist Grounded Theory techniques are applied to gain …
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Ethnographic perspectives on youth justice supervision and the supervisory relationship
… interviews with 26 children and 46 YOS professionals, as well as ‘following’ ten of the children during their ‘supervision journeys’. Drawing on both psychosocial and criminological theoretical windows, I examine the nature and meaning of everyday youth justice supervision to the …
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Graduating students' perception of professional social media platforms for professional networking and career development
This research explores the role of professional social media platforms (PSMPs), particularly LinkedIn, in supporting final-year tertiary students in Dunedin with professional networking and career development. While PSMPs offer significant opportunities for career advancement, many students remain …
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An exploration of the information literacy of Irish theatre actors.
… as the meaningful foundation upon which professional knowledge and practice are built. To date however, there have been no IL studies exploring the explicitly embodied work of actors. The aim of this research is to investigate the IL of Irish actors working in the theatre. The established …
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Advancing Innovation in University Teaching: An Academic Development Model to Support Technology-Enhanced Assessment and Feedback Competencies and Practices
… and training pathways, suitable environments and professionals that support effective learning and the development of specific student skills, directly expendable in the world of work and society. In support of these actions there are other important themes such as those promoted by the European …