scholarly journals Best Practice or Most Practiced? Pre-service Teachers’ Beliefs about Effective Behaviour Management Strategies and Reported Self-efficacy

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Main ◽  
Lorraine Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Behaviour Management ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Understanding the pharmaceutical approach to pain management in canine osteoarthritis

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Hannah Capon
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Companion Animal ◽  
Multimodal Approach ◽  
Pharmaceutical Management ◽  
Veterinary Surgeons ◽  
Canine Population ◽  
Canine Osteoarthritis

Canine osteoarthritis was recently reclassified as a welfare concern by the Veterinary Companion Animal Surveillance System (VetCompass), an initiative run by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, focused on improving companion animal health. This condition is a common cause for consultation in first opinion practice, with an estimated 35% of the canine population being affected. Chronic pain is complex and a multimodal approach is best for management, which includes pharmaceuticals employed in a methodical manner. This article provides an overview of the types of pain associated with canine osteoarthritis, as well as how to recognise them. Making reference to hypothetical cases, the appropriate pharmaceutical management is described. Further management strategies, as part of a multimodal approach, are summarised to ensure best practice.

Controversies in the management of early endometrial carcinoma: an update

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2124 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Reddi Rani ◽  
Jasmina Begum ◽  
K. Sathyanarayana Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Endometrial Carcinoma ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Genital Tract ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Fertility Sparing Surgery ◽  
Fertility Sparing ◽  
Cure Rates

Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is the commonest genital tract malignancy in developing countries and is usually confined to the uterus at the time of diagnosis with excellent prognosis and high cure rates. But the management is associated with lot of controversies like in staging, best surgical approach, extent of lymphadenectomy, adjuvant therapy, fertility sparing surgery in young women etc. A thorough surgical staging is important to determine uterine and extrauterine spread and also understanding of the pathophysiology and management strategies to identify women who are at high risk and tailoring the adjuvant treatment if necessary without increasing the morbidity. This evidence based narrative review conducted by searching Medline (1994- 2015) and other online articles from Pubmed, Google scholar. Articles were selected based on their currency and relevance to the discussion they summarize the current literature to provide an approach to best practice management of early endometrial carcinoma.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Beliefs About Classroom-Based Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 547
Author(s):  
Adam Murray
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Effective Feedback ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Language Tests ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Belief Statements

In this paper, we report on the early stages of the development of the Classroom-Based Assessment Self-Efficacy Scale (CBA-SES), an instrument designed to examine how Japanese Teachers of English (JTEs) feel about classroom-based assessment. The questionnaire (31 items) consists of three sections: (a) teachers’ beliefs, (b) teachers’ self-efficacy, and (c) their own teaching practice. We pilot tested this instrument with 30 JTEs in order to assess its appropriateness and to get a better understanding of the tendencies and characteristics of JTEs. We found that the belief statements are suitable, but revision along with additional statements will be needed for self-efficacy and practice for the next version of the instrument. The participants believed language tests should resemble real-life language use. Notably, they were able to make such tests and were doing so in their teaching contexts. They also felt that effective feedback and the use of clear learning targets were important. 教室内評価の重要性が増しつつある中、日本人英語教師がそのような評価に対してどのように感じ、また実践しているのかを探るため、本研究では教師の自己評価を測る実験的な質問紙を作成し、現役の英語教師に回答を依頼した。質問紙は、信条（Belief）、自己効力感（Self-efficacy）、実践（Practice）の３セクションから成り、それぞれ、「評価はこうあるべき」、「このような評価を行うことができる」、「このような評価を実際に行っている」という側面の自己評価を測定した。その結果、信条に関する項目は適切であったが、自己効力感と実践に関するものについては次の本格的な実施に向けて修正や追加が必要であることが判明した。殆どの回答者が現実の言語使用を反映したテストの作成が重要と考え実践しようとしていること、また、明確な指導目標の設定と効果的なフィードバックの重要性を感じていることは注目すべきであった。

scholarly journals Secondary special education teachers’ beliefs towards their teaching self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Mastrothanasis ◽  
Konstantinos Zervoudakis ◽  
Efstathios Xafakos
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary Special Education ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Action plans in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a qualitative study—‘I do what I can do’

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2020-002831
Author(s):  
Meena Kalluri ◽  
Sarah Younus ◽  
Nathan Archibald ◽  
Janice Richman-Eisenstat ◽  
Charlotte Pooler
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Symptom Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Action Plans

BackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, incurable fibrotic lung disease in which patients and caregivers report a high symptom burden. Symptoms are often poorly managed and patients and caregivers struggle to alleviate their distress in the absence of self-management support.AimTo explore perceptions of symptoms, symptom management strategies and self-efficacy for patients with IPF and caregivers who received self-management education and action plans created and provided in a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Interstitial Lung Disease (MDC-ILD) Clinic.DesignA qualitative study was conducted with participants recruited from the MDC-ILD Clinic. Participants received an early integrated palliative approach; most attended ILD pulmonary rehabilitation and some received home care support. Semistructured interviews were conducted. Patient participants completed Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP) for symptom assessment and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Self-Efficacy Scale to assess self-management efficacy.ResultsThirteen patients and eight self-declared caregiver participants were interviewed. IPF severity ranged from mild to advanced disease. Participants integrated and personalised self-management strategies. They were intentional and confident, focused on living well and engaged in anticipatory planning. Twelve participants completed the MYMOP. Five reported dyspnoea. Four reported fatigue as an additional or only symptom. One reported cough. Five declared no dyspnoea, cough or fatigue. Participants reported 80% self-efficacy in symptom management.ConclusionsThe approach to symptom self-management and education was beneficial to patients with IPF and caregiver participants. Participants personalised the strategies, focusing on living, and planned both in the moment and for the future. They were confident and expressed dignity and meaning in their lives.

Measuring Beliefs about Teaching for Creativity

2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Jen Katz-Buonincontro ◽  
Richard W. Hass ◽  
Elaine Perignat
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Practicing Teachers ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Teaching For Creativity ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
Separate Factor ◽  
Creative Self

Background/Context Beliefs about teaching for creativity is a newer area of empirical investigation in education. Purpose The purpose of the quantitative study was to measure teachers’ domain-specific beliefs about teaching for creativity, piloted for the first time in this study, and compare these beliefs with domain-general beliefs about creativity. Subjects The study subjects were preservice and practicing teachers enrolled in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral (PhD and EdD) education programs within a private university located in the northeastern United States. Research Design This study surveyed a convenience sample of preservice and practicing teachers’ beliefs about creativity and their beliefs about teaching for creativity to examine their creative self-efficacy, growth and fixed creative mindsets, desirability of creativity for teaching success, and valuing creativity for student learning. Data Collection and Analysis A total of 149 students completed a measure on beliefs about creativity (domain-general) and beliefs about teaching for creativity (domain-specific). Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to examine potential newly aligned items and factors with a change in wording. Results The factor structure of the Fixed Creative Mindset items, Creative Self-Efficacy items and Desirability items was stable when rewording them to represent teacher perspectives. The Growth Creative Mindset items do not show the same stability, but two of the items seem to be related to a single factor, which is evidence that these items are functioning well. The newly worded Value items loaded on a separate factor, with only one cross loading. Educators rated themselves high in most areas, and low in the area of Fixed Creative Mindset. The results indicate that the Beliefs About Teaching for Creativity scales are reliable, with significant correlations among factors. Recommendations We propose research and policy recommendations to further examine the complex relationship between teachers’ beliefs about teaching for creativity and their pedagogical practices, especially in the area of growth and fixed creative mindset.

The Angler in the Environment: Social, Economic, Biological, and Ethical Dimensions

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Catch And Release ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Negative Impacts

<i>Abstract</i> .—Recreational fishing is popular worldwide. However, the potential negative impacts of this leisure activity can influence the sustainability of targeted fish stocks. Although management strategies are frequently used to control the actions of anglers, participants themselves must ultimately be confident that changes in their behavior will lead to the conservation of recreational fish stocks before regulations are followed and best practices adopted. Directly involving recreational anglers in research used to quantify the value of best practices, such as in the case of catch and release, can help reinforce the notion among anglers that best practice behaviors facilitate conservation and sustainable exploitation. Using the framework of citizen science and the principles of experiential education (immersion, involvement, ownership, and legacy), we present a case study whereby recreational anglers were directly involved in research that tested how attributes of catch-and-release fishing for bonefish <i>Albula </i> spp. can influence the postrelease survival. By accompanying anglers to the shallow flats and actively involving them in hands-on research aimed at addressing relevant behaviors in the context of catch and release, such programs can promote an increased awareness and sense of personal ownership over the research question and the conservation benefits that it intends to facilitate. With data generated through direct involvement, the participation of recreational anglers in our research culminated in the development of a best practices brochure about catch and release for bonefish. It is our experience that research programs involving recreational anglers need to be well conceived and structured so as to adequately balance the quality of the experience for the participants with the need for generating quality data. Welldesigned “research angler” programs as a form of tourism or even ecotourism could help scientists not only to enhance their ability to conduct fisheries research, but also to broaden the impacts of their research program and the speed at which best practices are adopted.

Managerial Practices in a High Cost Manufacturing Environment

2018 ◽  
pp. 1749-1768
Author(s):  
Renu Agarwal ◽  
Christopher Bajada ◽  
Paul J. Brown ◽  
Roy Green
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Labour Cost ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Management Capability

This chapter explores the management strategies adopted by manufacturing firms operating in high versus low cost economies and investigates the reasons for differences in the management practice choices. The study reported in this chapter identifies a subset of countries that have either high or low labour costs, with USA, Sweden, and Japan being high, and India, China, and Brazil being low labour cost economies. The high labour cost manufacturing firms are found to have better management practices. In this chapter, the authors find that Australia and New Zealand manufacturing firms face relatively high labour cost but lag behind world best practice in management performance. The chapter concludes by highlighting the need for improvement in management capability for Australian and New Zealand manufacturing firms if they are to experience a reinvigoration of productivity, competitiveness, and long-term growth.

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