scholarly journals Informal teacher communities enhancing the professional development of medical teachers: a qualitative study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thea van Lankveld ◽  
Judith Schoonenboom ◽  
Rashmi Kusurkar ◽  
Jos Beishuizen ◽  
Gerda Croiset ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Teacher Communities ◽  
Medical Teachers

scholarly journals Teaching First Aid to Prospective Teachers as a Way to Promote Child Healthcare

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 367
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez ◽  
Francisca Ruiz-Garzón ◽  
Paula Pais-Roldán ◽  
Rafael López-Cordero
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Public University ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Child Healthcare

This article aimed to analyze, through a qualitative study (i.e., semi-structured interview), the opinions and knowledge of fourth-year future teachers at a Spanish public university (University of Granada) regarding training and the need for first aid (FA) at school. With a sample of 70 subjects in their last year of training, our conclusion is that although they are aware of the importance of first aid for their professional development, there is no such training in their careers, and thus they have great difficulty understanding how to react to emergency situations on the job.

scholarly journals The perception of training and professional development according to nursing students as health workers during COVID-19: A qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 103072
Author(s):  
Olga Canet-Vélez ◽  
Teresa Botigué ◽  
Ana Lavedán Santamaría ◽  
Olga Masot ◽  
Tània Cemeli Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Workers

Issues and Patterns of Writing Issues Through Practical Journals Among Students at the Institute of Teacher Education, Tun Hussein Onn Campus, Batu Pahat

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosly Kayar ◽  
◽  
Zaiha Mohd Kusrin ◽  
Faridah Mohd Sopah ◽  
Abd. Shakor Borham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Journal Writing ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Reflective Writing ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Trainee Teachers

This study aims to analyze issues, issue writing patterns, and reflective writing in the PISMP trainee teacher practicum journal, at Tun Hussein Onn Campus Teacher Education Institute, Batu Pahat. This study involved a total of 40 journal reflection writings selected at random in 2019 for various options. Qualitative study through document analysis is used to analyze the reflective writing of trainee teachers. In this study, the data were obtained from the writing notes of the reflection journal of the trainee teacher during the practicum. The results show that the writing of trainee teacher issues is more focused on the student domain (18 issues), followed by students (15 issues) and pedagogy (1 issue). Students were found not to touch the school domain at all and there was writing the title of the issue presented in the practicum journal not clear the domain of the issue (6 issues). The findings of the study also show that 36 out of 40 journal writing titles are clearly written. This shows that only a small number of journal writing titles cannot be written clearly. These findings indicate that trainee teachers are less focused on school factors such as environment, basic facilities, and racial diversity in writing self-reflection. The practice of reflection through journal writing is a very important aspect of teacher training in motivating trainee teachers intrinsically to achieve professional development in the field of trainee teacher duties.

scholarly journals Assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses after a continuing professional development program: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Johnson ◽  
Arlene Masaba ◽  
Sadia Munir ◽  
Robin O’Dwyer ◽  
Amber Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Evidenced Based

Background: Nurses play a crucial role in the prevention of communicable diseases through the public health immunization programs. Knowledge, attitude and practices of health care providers have significant impact on the vaccine administration and education of adults and parents of children.Objective: The present qualitative study aims to explore the knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses in Qatar before and after the delivery of the immunization-related continuous professional development program.Methods: 10 out of 125 nurses who have completed the training program volunteered to participate in the face-to-face interviews. Data was then collected, transcribed and analysed by the researcher team members.Results: Themes identified from this study: Empowerment, advancing practice and continuing education. Participants felt more confident and had a sense of fulfilment on completion of the education program. Practicing evidenced based skills and methods achieved an outcome of better quality of care, which can directly affect practice. Participants also felt that continuing education allows them to become self-motivated to keep up with new and emerging knowledge. Taken together, our data revealed that continuing professional education immunization-training program was successful in improving the knowledge, attitude and practices of the participants.Conclusions: Continued education beyond traditional baccalaureate nursing programs in order to ensure nurses possess the knowledge to safely handle, teach and administer vaccines is needed.

A Description of the Characteristics and Behaviors of Master Teachers in Nursing

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler ◽  
Linda Copel ◽  
Catherine Todd-Magel
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teacher Practice ◽  
Master Teacher ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Master Teachers ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Teaching Criteria

AbstractMaster teachers are associated with achieving excellence in teaching; however, there are no research studies that describe master teachers in nursing. Based on an analysis of interview responses from eleven, experienced, full-time, undergraduate nurse educators, this qualitative study offers an empirically based description of characteristics and behaviors of master teachers in nursing. This description of master teachers provides nurse educators with characteristics and behaviors that may be needed to develop a master teacher practice. Increasing the number of master teachers in nursing could have implications for creating teaching criteria to evaluate teaching practice and develop professional development activities.

Teacher communities as a context for professional development: A systematic review

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 47-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrien Vangrieken ◽  
Chloé Meredith ◽  
Tlalit Packer ◽  
Eva Kyndt
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Teacher Communities

Enhancing teachers' and administrators learning experiences through school–university partnerships: a qualitative case study in China

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoyuan Sang ◽  
Jun Zhou ◽  
Abdulghani Muthanna
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis qualitative study aimed to explore how the school–university partnership (SUP) enhances the elementary teachers' professional development in a school-based setting.Design/methodology/approachBy following the qualitative case study methodology, this case study employs semi-structured interviews (the authors designed) with 10 school teachers and administrators. The authors adapted the iterative process analysis (Miles and Huberman, 1984) for compiling, coding, annotating the data and interpreting the interview transcripts. The authors also used the member checking technique that establishes credibility in a qualitative study (Lincoln and Guba, 1985) with six participants.FindingsThe findings suggest that participating in a series of professional learning activities led to the enhancement of teachers' and administrators learning experiences in view of educational theories, action research abilities, teaching efficiency, teaching research capacities and improvement of school guidelines. Further, they reveal that the participants' expectations for future SUP collaborations centred on realizing the sustainability and effectiveness of collaborations, and autonomy of teachers.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations of the current study include its focus on a single SUP within one school and the reliance on data collected only by interviews during the SUP process. This study offers implications for teacher learning within SUP collaborations. First, schools should consider how to involve and influence all teachers rather than SUP core members only. To this end, authentic professional learning communities need to be constructed. Second, universities should pay much more attention to the professional development of their faculty members towards integration of theoretical knowledge and practical experiences.Originality/valueThis original study explores practical ways of improving teachers' theoretical and practical teaching practices/experiences through SUP projects, and contributes new knowledge to the teaching professional development of school teachers and administrators.

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