scholarly journals The Predictive Role of Professional Concern and Quality of University Life on Attitudes Toward Teaching Profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-390
Author(s):  
Derya ATABEY
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Attitudes Toward Teaching ◽  
University Life ◽  
Predictive Role

scholarly journals Teacher Standards and Professionalism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Pauline Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
Policy Makers

<p>The focus of this research is teacher professionalism in New Zealand and the possible role of the ‘Standards for the Teaching Profession’ that were released in 2017, in strengthening the quality of teaching. Evidence suggests that the quality of teachers’ work is an important factor in students’ success. So, a challenge for education policy-makers is to create a system that encourages and enables teachers to be high quality and motivated to keep improving. The literature suggests a strategy to enable this is to encourage a mature profession, where teachers take collective responsibility for improvement. Standards for teachers can be a positive influence on improving teacher practice when their use is balanced between regulatory and development functions, so that they are a catalyst for professional development. This research involved 45 teachers in English Medium settings participating in sector specific focus groups for early childhood, primary school and secondary school teachers, a review of policy documents and secondary data from Education Council workshops. The analysis suggests that aspects of organisational professionalism influence the environment, although most teachers did not consciously align themselves to this discourse. There appeared to be some differences between sectors, with those in early childhood aligning more closely to their organisation than other teachers and feeling like they were not accepted as a legitimate part of the teaching profession. Although teachers were generally positive about the new standards, few teachers considered using them for reflection or professional conversations outside of formal appraisal. The aspiration presented in literature of a mature profession that works collaboratively with a mix of stakeholders to combine expertise, ask tough questions to create solutions and grows professional knowledge was not apparent, however teachers identified opportunities to shift the profession towards this discourse.</p>

Online Research Practice and Integrated Perspectives of Inquiry

2022 ◽  
pp. 88-111
Author(s):  
Sergio Mauceri ◽  
Maria Paola Faggiano ◽  
Luca Di Censi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Multiple Reflections ◽  
University Life

The authors reconstruct the system of advantages and limits of e-mail data collection and web survey technique in social research; for this purpose, they examine in detail a set of studies that stimulate multiple reflections, both with reference to the overall value of survey research and on the role of the web for social sciences. The subject of all selected research designs is a complex social problem that involves the internet, both focus for observation and tool for research: voting intentions, social effects of the pandemic, the quality of university life, technology addiction. In each research experience, for different reasons—above all due to the lack of a single, self-sufficient data collection mode—, the authors favor the integration of research strategies: 1) mixed-modes of data collection, 2) follow-up panel web survey, 3) mixed methods research, 4) introduction of a preliminary pilot study, 5) multilevel survey.

scholarly journals Weaning from tracheostomy in subjects undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Pasqua ◽  
Ilaria Nardi ◽  
Alessia Provenzano ◽  
Alessia Mari
Keyword(s):  
Blood Gas Analysis ◽  
Underlying Disease ◽  
Gas Analysis ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Predictive Role ◽  
Underlying Diseases ◽  
Clinical Stability ◽  
Predictor Factors

Background: Weaning from tracheostomy has implications in management, quality of life, and costs of ventilated patients. Furthermore, endotracheal cannula removing needs further studies. Aim of this study was the validation of a protocol for weaning from tracheostomy and evaluation of predictor factors of decannulation. Methods: Medical records of 48 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were decannulated in agreement with a decannulation protocol based on the evaluation of clinical stability, expiratory muscle strength, presence of tracheal stenosis/granulomas, deglutition function, partial pressure of CO2, and PaO2/FiO2 ratio. These variables, together with underlying disease, blood gas analysis parameters, time elapsed with cannula, comordibity, Barthel index, and the condition of ventilation, were evaluated in a logistic model as predictors of decannulation. Results: 63 % of patients were successfully decannulated in agreement with our protocol and no one needed to be re-cannulated. Three variables were significantly associated with the decannulation: no pulmonary underlying diseases (OR = 7.12; 95 % CI 1.2–42.2), no mechanical ventilation (OR = 9.55; 95 % CI 2.1–44.2) and period of tracheostomy ≤10 weeks (OR = 6.5; 95 % CI 1.6–27.5). Conclusions: The positive course of decannulated patients supports the suitability of the weaning protocol we propose here. The strong predictive role of three clinical variables gives premise for new studies testing simpler decannulation protocols.

The Predictive Role of Body Image and Sexual Function in Quality of Life After Modified Radical Mastectomy Regarding the Mediating Role of Emotion; A Cross Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijan Pirnia ◽  
Nasrin Homayounfar ◽  
Nasim Hosseini ◽  
Farshid Ebrahimi ◽  
Zahra Haj Sadeghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Radical Mastectomy ◽  
Modified Radical Mastectomy ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Predictive Role

Background: Mastectomy has negative effects on body image, sexual function, and quality of life (QOL). Additionally, maladaptive emotion regulation strategy is considered a trans-diagnostic mechanism underlying the psychiatric syndrome in these patients. Objectives: The predictive role of body image and sexual function in QOL regarding the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation has not been studied yet. Methods: In a correlational study, from March to December 2016, among patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy (MRM) at Early-stage Breast Cancer (BC), 90 patients were selected, using respondent-driven sampling (RDS). To collect the data, the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), the Persian language version of the Female Sexual Function Index (P-FSFI), QOL questionnaire, and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scales (DERS) were used. Data were analyzed through Pearson's correlation coefficient, regression analysis, and path analysis, using AMOS and SPSS software version 22 and the significance criterion was considered 0.05. Results: Data analysis showed a direct relationship between body image and sexual function with QOL, and it had an inverse relationship with difficulty in emotion regulation (P < 0.01). Also, body image, sexual function, and difficulty in emotion regulation were predictors of QOL (P < 0.01). Besides, in predicting QOL based on sexual function and body image, the difficulty in emotion regulation has a mediating role (P < 0.01). Conclusions: In patients with breast cancer under mastectomy, proper sexual function, sexual attraction depending on body image, and QOL were influenced by emotion regulation. Reducing the difficulty in emotion regulation through emotion-focused interventions can improve QOL in patients.

scholarly journals Outcome of medical and surgical therapy of GERD: Predictive role of quality of life scores and instrumental evaluation

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. S112-S116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Rossetti ◽  
Paolo Limongelli ◽  
Marco Cimmino ◽  
Domenico Napoletano ◽  
Maria Chiara Bondanese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Surgical Therapy ◽  
Instrumental Evaluation ◽  
Predictive Role

The Role of the School Principal in Educational Reform

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-161
Author(s):  
Donal E. Mulcahy
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Corporate Executive

The quality of educational leadership, and that of the school principal in particular, is an important factor in school reform. This essay addresses concerns that the teaching profession and, as a result, the prospect of school reform is under threat from forces that seek to transform the role of school principal to that of corporate executive. It does so by identifying and examining persistent themes in the work of the Fordham Institute and confronting them with arguments and research that challenges this view.

scholarly journals Burnout and Self-Perceived Instructional Competence: An Exploratory Study of a Group of Italian Female Elementary School Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Pellerone ◽  
Venerando Rapisarda ◽  
Maria Chiara Antonietta Trischitta ◽  
Ermanno Vitale ◽  
Tiziana Ramaci
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Predictive Role

Since the first half of the 1980s, burnout in teachers has been the object of particular attention by many international authors. Teachers are subject, more than other professions, to numerous and heavy pressures, covering the peculiarity of the profession. The objectives of the present research are to measure the predictive role of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment on the quality of teaching in a group of elementary school teachers. We carried out a cross-sectional study involving 324 Sicilian female teachers, who worked in three school orders: Kindergarten, primary school, and the first year of middle school. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the assessment teaching scale for primary school teachers (ECAD-EP), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). In reference to the level of burnout, the correlation analysis underlined the presence of a positive correlation between: Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; and a negative correlation between exhaustion and depersonalization. Furthermore, a predictive role of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment on the quality of teaching in a group of primary school teachers was found.

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