scholarly journals From Elite to Expendable

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Grace Karram Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Market Driven

This paper provides an historic analysis of the crises that have faced the Canadian professoriate since the 1950’s. Historic periodization is used to identify the eras, defined by broader societal movements, in which the nature of academic work in Canada has changed. Key narratives of crisis are identified including the post-WWII focus on professors’ mundanity, the 1970’s emphasis on poor working conditions and unionization, and the 1990’s emphasis on diversity and inequity. The paper concludes by examining the current crisis in which a fragmented professoriate is facing market-driven working conditions, exacerbated by the uncertainties of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The findings suggest crises emerge when there is tension between society’s expectations of professors and professors’ self-perception of their role and contributions.

scholarly journals Does Working Conditions Affect Teacher’s Morale of Teaching: Teacher’s Self Perception

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Zunaira Fatima ◽  
Uzma Shahzadi ◽  
Shaista Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Internal Working ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Insignificant Difference ◽  
And Gender

Purpose: Education is the field of study that deals with the pedagogy of teaching and learning. The teacher is the person who is responsible for all these acts.  As the importance of teacher is a proven fact so it is necessary that a teacher should be enthusiastic and dedicated towards his teaching. The above mentioned state is termed as teacher’s morale. The study was to investigate teacher self-perception about their morale for teaching affected by different internal working conditions like: teacher’s rapport with head, rapport among the teachers, salary and curriculum issues. The nature of this study was quantitative. Questionnaire consisted upon 39 items, was modified from a reliable and valid instrument constructed by Bentley and Remple 1970. 90 teachers from 24 departments of University of Sargodha were selected as sample of the study by using convenient sampling technique. Data was collected personally. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics techniques. The results showed that there is significant difference between teacher’s morale and internal factors. Insignificant difference was found among teachers of different age and gender. BUT there was significant difference among masters. M.Phil. and PhD qualified teachers. The study suggested that another research may be conducted to investigate different external working conditions like environment and family background.

Career Development of Academics: Cross-cultural and Lifespan Factors

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Millicent Poole ◽  
Laurel Bornholt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
General Model ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Academic Profession ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
International Survey

This study takes a lifespan perspective on academic career development across several countries, in examining contributions to aspects of academic work in terms of gender, age groups, and years of experience in higher education. The study was based on the recent International Survey of the Academic Profession (Altbach, 1996). Findings suggest common themes regarding attitudes and activities within the gendered context of academic work that vary from one country to another and among working conditions, activities of teaching, research and service, issues of governance and management, and international dimensions of academic work. A general model is then described of activities and attitudes that constitute academic work. These findings are discussed in terms of strategies for career development that optimise the academic in a context.

scholarly journals The Promise of Decent Care and the Problem of Poor Working Conditions. Double Movements Around Live-In Care In Austria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Aulenbacher ◽  
Michael Leiblfinger ◽  
Veronika Prieler
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Organization Of Care ◽  
Double Movement ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Provision Of Care

Over the last decades, the marketization of live-in care for the elderly in Austria has been accompanied by new forms of regulation and the contestation surrounding this type of care provision. The article analyzes this process as a Polanyian double movement – the movement of a market-driven provision of care and organization of care work, and countermovements seeking protection from its effects – and asks to what extent the provision of decent care and decent work are affected. Drawing on policy and media analyses as well as interviews with representatives of brokering agencies and other stakeholders in the field, we show how live-in care is embedded in the Austrian care regime, how its marketization entails contradictions between decent care and poor working conditions and how care disputes and attempts to regulate the model have emerged.

Perceptions of Stuttering of Different Age Groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1311-1315
Author(s):  
Sergey M. Kondrashov ◽  
John A. Tetnowski
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
School Age ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Behavioral Measures ◽  
Self Rating ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Subject Pool

Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions of stuttering of school-age children who stutter and those of adults who stutter through the use of the same tools that could be commonly used by clinicians. Method Twenty-three participants across various ages and stuttering severity were administered both the Stuttering Severity Instrument–Fourth Edition (SSI-4; Riley, 2009 ) and the Wright & Ayre Stuttering Self-Rating Profile ( Wright & Ayre, 2000 ). Comparisons were made between severity of behavioral measures of stuttering made by the SSI-4 and by age (child/adult). Results Significant differences were obtained for the age comparison but not for the severity comparison. Results are explained in terms of the correlation between severity equivalents of the SSI-4 and the Wright & Ayre Stuttering Self-Rating Profile scores, with clinical implications justifying multi-aspect assessment. Conclusions Clinical implications indicate that self-perception and impact of stuttering must not be assumed and should be evaluated for individual participants. Research implications include further study with a larger subject pool and various levels of stuttering severity.

Stories and the Self

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Krause ◽  
Markus Appel
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Abstract. Two experiments examined the influence of stories on recipients’ self-perceptions. Extending prior theory and research, our focus was on assimilation effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in line with a protagonist’s traits) as well as on contrast effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in contrast to a protagonist’s traits). In Experiment 1 ( N = 113), implicit and explicit conscientiousness were assessed after participants read a story about either a diligent or a negligent student. Moderation analyses showed that highly transported participants and participants with lower counterarguing scores assimilate the depicted traits of a story protagonist, as indicated by explicit, self-reported conscientiousness ratings. Participants, who were more critical toward a story (i.e., higher counterarguing) and with a lower degree of transportation, showed contrast effects. In Experiment 2 ( N = 103), we manipulated transportation and counterarguing, but we could not identify an effect on participants’ self-ascribed level of conscientiousness. A mini meta-analysis across both experiments revealed significant positive overall associations between transportation and counterarguing on the one hand and story-consistent self-reported conscientiousness on the other hand.

Combining a global health budget with a market-driven delivery system: Can it be done?

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Bingaman ◽  
Robert G. Frank ◽  
Carrie L. Billy
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Health Budget ◽  
Market Driven

Adolescent Hero Identification: The Impact on Adolescent Self-Perception

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melody A. Graham ◽  
Jennifer Borden ◽  
Gwen Decaluwe ◽  
Jenni Foemmel ◽  
Kelly Mcgraw
Keyword(s):  
Self Perception ◽  
The Impact
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