scholarly journals From stretcher-bearer to paramedic: the Australian paramedics’ move towards professionalisation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Williams ◽  
Andrys Onsman ◽  
Ted Brown
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Economic ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Professional Self

Over the last one hundred and twenty years, the Australian paramedic sector has changed dramatically; influenced and informed by a range of social, health, economic, professional, and political forces. However, there has been little reflection of those changes in either the perception of the discipline as a profession or the manner in which its membership is trained, socialised, and educated. This paper explores the links between professionalisation and education in the paramedic field. Paramedics are currently at best seen as a 'semi-profession' and a great deal of discussion about whether the discipline actually wants to achieve full professional status exists. Comparisons will be made with the professions of nursing and physiotherapy, outlining how and why they progressed from a semi-professional status to a fully recognised profession, culminating in a discussion about which characteristics the paramedics discipline as yet lacks. A review of common professional traits suggests three areas where the discipline falls short: 1) the delineation of its professional compass, especially in relation to extant recognised cognate (and competitive) professions, 2) National registration and regulation resulting in professional self-control and accreditation, and 3) Higher Education and the development of a unique body of professional knowledge. Finally it will be argued that the recognition and addressing of the gaps by the relevant policymakers, regulators, employers and academics will lead to the formulation of strategies that are most likely to result in professional status for paramedics in Australia.

scholarly journals From stretcher-bearer to paramedic: the Australian paramedics’ move towards professionalisation

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Williams ◽  
Andrys Onsman ◽  
Ted Brown
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Economic ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Professional Self

Over the last one hundred and twenty years, the Australian paramedic sector has changed dramatically; influenced and informed by a range of social, health, economic, professional, and political forces. However, there has been little reflection of those changes in either the perception of the discipline as a profession or the manner in which its membership is trained, socialised, and educated. This paper explores the links between professionalisation and education in the paramedic field. Paramedics are currently at best seen as a „semi-profession‟ and a great deal of discussion about whether the discipline actually wants to achieve full professional status exists. Comparisons will be made with the professions of nursing and physiotherapy, outlining how and why they progressed from a semi-professional status to a fully recognised profession, culminating in a discussion about which characteristics the paramedics discipline as yet lacks. A review of common professional traits suggests three areas where the discipline falls short: 1) the delineation of its professional compass, especially in relation to extant recognised cognate (and competitive) professions, 2) National registration and regulation resulting in professional self-control and accreditation, and 3) Higher Education and the development of a unique body of professional knowledge. Finally it will be argued that the recognition and addressing of the gaps by the relevant policymakers, regulators, employers and academics will lead to the formulation of strategies that are most likely to result in professional status for paramedics in Australia. What

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Testing as a Method of Pedagogical Control of Future Specialists With Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-95
Author(s):  
Roman Horbatiuk ◽  
Stepan Sitkar ◽  
Sitkar Taras ◽  
Svitlana Konovalchuk ◽  
Nazar Burega
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Domestic Practice ◽  
Control Technologies

The article deals with the effectiveness of testing as a method of pedagogical control of the professional knowledge of future specialists with higher education. The purpose of the article is to describe the advantages and disadvantages of mass control technologies, the reasons of weak development of pedagogical testing in domestic practice, to give recommendations for a partial solving the problems with the introduction of pedagogical testing. Methods. The authors implement the purpose with the help of such methods as analysis, comparison, generalization, systematization, testing. The results. The authors state that with the paradigm shift in education the main role in controlling the student’s knowledge was shifted to testing, which gave us the possibility to reduce a teacher’s workload and reduce the time for the process of knowledge control itself, as well as to activate the process of self-control among students. The authors emphasize that due to the modern requirements for professional knowledge of future specialists with higher education, they must have an advanced level of information culture and skills to work with printed and electronic source of information, systematize and interpret the professional information which they have obtained during the reading task. There is a description of two insights as for the advantages and disadvantages of mass control technologies in the article. The reasons of weak development of pedagogical testing in domestic practice have been also described. The recommendations for a partial solving the problems with the introduction of pedagogical testing have been given. Conclusions. The article deals with a method of problem solving of education management efficiency. It’s considered as a minimization of time to achieve the advanced level of success in a particular topic. In addition, the mathematical description of the success function and the function of time-consuming have been given in the article. Due to these, a method of minimizing training time for proving the required level of success has been obtained. The article suggests also a description of the applying of a given model for the education structure adaptive management, which saves the substantial time and teacher’s workload without losing the quality of learning material. The authors make an attempt to define the reasons for the absence of testing at the Ukrainian educational services market.

scholarly journals The Changing Opportunities of Professionalization for Graduate Occupations

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-633
Author(s):  
Gerbrand Tholen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Abstract Knowledge ◽  
New Graduate ◽  
Educational Credentials ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Expansion Of Higher Education

Abstract In recent times, rapidly changing occupational contexts have altered professional trajectories. While sociologists have emphasized that abstract knowledge acquired in higher education is an important characteristic of professionalism, it is not clear whether the expansion of higher education has affected the possibility of individuals and groups to monopolize their university credentials. In this article the author argues that the emergence of new graduate occupations and the growth of a university-educated labour force have made occupational closure in the professions more difficult. The changing relationship between education, skills, jobs and credentials limits possibilities for the creation and maintenance of professionalization trajectories as a professional status and a professional knowledge base becomes harder to achieve. Due to the decreasing opportunities of using formal educational credentials to achieve professional closure, aspiring occupations will have to rely more on what is called ‘symbolic closure’.

scholarly journals STRESS RESISTANCE AND COPY STRATEGIES OF STUDENTS ’BEHAVIOR DURING THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 98-107
Author(s):  
Andrii Cherkashyn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Effective Activity ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Individual

The article considers the main approaches to the problem of stress resistance of students in higher education institutions of Ukraine. It is determined that a number of scientists consider stress resistance as a property of the individual that determines its effective activity, and others as cognitively conditioned mechanisms for overcoming stress. It is noted that in psychological science there are other views on the stress resistance of the individual, but when studying the stress resistance of students in the educational process of higher education, it is advisable to use the above approaches. Studies suggest that most students have low levels of psychological stress, mental stress and medium, high levels of resilience. The main coping strategies of students’ behavior in stressful situations are “confrontational coping”, “avoidance”, “self-control” and “problem solving planning”.

scholarly journals Teacher Fellow accreditation – a madrigal of voices! But is it the right tune? Tensions of standardisation, engagement and neoliberalism

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazel Kershaw-Solomon ◽  
Nick Beech ◽  
Jeff Gold ◽  
Julia Claxton ◽  
Tricia Auty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Competency Frameworks ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact competency frameworks as standardisation can have on the employee engagement of academic staff within higher education (HE) through their employment as managerial tools. Design/methodology/approach A literature review is conducted from which the conditions for effective competency frameworks are evaluated and the influence of changes in the HE environment in the form of political agendas and tight resources are explored. Findings This paper provides insights into the dynamics of public service modernisation and the tensions between the dominant discourse of managerialism and the degree of agency afforded to professional academics. It highlights the relevance of informal peer relationships in setting the climate to generate collegial bonding and professional engagement that underpin successful teacher fellowship accreditations. It further highlights the key role managers play in this process and provides a conceptual framework highlighting the dynamics and combined effect of employee engagement and competency frameworks set within complex HE environment. Practical implications This paper brings together the prerequisites for effective implementation of competency frameworks to implement successful employee engagement strategies set within the complexities of the HE context, which has not been studied to date. Armed with such insights, Human Resource Development (HRD) departments and universities can implement competency assessments that generate greater staff engagement. Originality/value The paper provides a critical approach in reviewing the impact of Continued Professional Development and its link to professional status and thus helps British Universities and others to understand how the mechanisms at work affect engagement levels of academic staff. Armed with this depth of understanding of how the change initiative works, with whom and under what circumstances, universities will be better able to meet target UK Professional Standards Framework membership levels required by the higher education academy (HEA) and, subsequently, the HEA to meet their targets for the government.

scholarly journals Changes in the system of students’ terminal and instrumental values under the influence of health and recreational physical activity

2020 ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
I. L. Kensytska ◽  
I.O. Olefirenko ◽  
I.V. Khrypko
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Recreational Physical Activity ◽  
Instrumental Values

The article investigates the influence of health and recreational physical activity on terminal and instrumental values of higher education institutions students. The following research methods are used, including theoretical analysis of professional scientific and methodological resources by domestic and foreign authors, sociological, psychological and diagnostic, pedagogical research methods, methods of mathematical statistics. To determine the initial level of healthy lifestyle attitudes formation among students M. Rokych’s method of “Value Orientations” has been used. The research has been conducted on the basis of Kyiv National Linguistic University, National Pedagogical University named after M. P. Drahomanov. The study has involved 48 students (23 boys and 25 girls), who were part of the experimental (EG) and control (CG) groups (total of 24 people). The program of health-improving classes for students of higher education institutions has presupposed the use of various means of health-improving and recreational physical activities twice a week. The duration of classes was one and a half hours. Those that are most in demand among student youth were chosen as priorities. Among the young men these were strength exercises, elements of sport games and recreational games. Among the girls they included health fitness exercises. We have confirmed the feasibility and necessity of using innovative means of physical activity and forms of extracurricular activities in development of such programs that significantly increase the motivation of young people to participate in such programs. In the course of the research we have studied the hierarchy of terminal and instrumental values among young men and women who studied in higher educational institutions. The application of the developed program contributed to the students' awareness of “health” category value. Among EG students such instrumental values as education (depth of knowledge, high general culture), self- control (restraint, self-discipline) and rationalism (ability to think wisely and logically, to make thoughtful, rational decisions) have transferred to the first place. The obtained results prove that there are positive changes in the system of students’ terminal and instrumental values under the influence of health and recreational motor activity.

scholarly journals WAYS TO INCREASE THE ACADEMIC ACTIVITY OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
O.I. Taranenko ◽  
◽  
L.A. Fedko ◽  
E.V. Shchepotieva ◽  
I.F. Veremeeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Important Condition ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Cognitive Activities ◽  
Definition Of

The relevance of the formation of professionally and socially significant personality traits is obvious. The theoretical and practical issues of students’ cognitive activities during their studies in higher education institutions are considered. The definition of cognitive skills is formulated and their characteristics are proposed. Being formed cognitive activity characterizes the attitude of students to the content and process of teaching, the desire for effective mastering knowledge, skills and abilities. Cognitive activity is defined as the most important condition for their academic success. The ways of increasing the cognitive activity of students, both during classes and in the process of extracurricular self-training, are proposed. The importance of self-control of knowledge in the course of independent activity in the performance of group or individual work is emphasized.

scholarly journals THE RESEARCH OF STUDENTS'PERSONAL MATURITY AS A CONDITION OF SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL SELF-REALIZATION

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Vinnyk
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Emotional Maturity ◽  
Civic Duty ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Personal Qualities

The article provides a theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of «personal maturity». Personal maturity is defined as a dynamic process of learning new values, making responsible choices, unconditional acceptance of other people, objective awareness of the normative-values image of oneself, the ability to reflect personal qualities, one’s own actions, and the ability for moral self-control of interactions. There are presented a diagnostic method and empirical results of the study. The empirical research was being conducted with authored method of N. Vinnyk. For that the Y. Gilbuh personal maturity questionnaire has been modified and tested. The method consists of five scales: achievement motivation, attitudes towards one’s «I» (the «I» − concept), sense of civic duty, life attitude, the ability for psychological proximity with another person. It was stated that although most students have satisfactory level of personal maturity, quantitative analysis of separate scales has revealed significant shortcomings. So the scale that assesses the «I»-concept, which presents such important characteristics of a person as self-confidence, satisfaction with their own abilities, personality, and their competence have the lowest scores. This was also confirmed by the unstable «too low» life attitude of students. It was noted that the students’ personal maturity is interrelated with their professional self-realization. Activation of formation of the personal maturity of students is possible in conditions of organization of purposeful cognitive activity, in which individual, group and collective forms of work are combined, aimed at the content of awareness and development of responsibility, independence, self-control, emotional maturity, goal-setting and professional self-realization.

scholarly journals Results of diagnosing the level of innovative competence for secondary school teachers

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
Competence Evaluation ◽  
Professional Self

One of the higher-priority directions concerning improvement of the institution of general secondary education is the adaptation of teachers’ educational, scientific methodological and organizational activities to the modern challenges. The orientation of the new Ukrainian school to the world educational standards calls for new approaches to the organization of the educational process in institutions of general secondary education, the formation of up-to-date effective innovative competence of teacher-practitioners. In order to diagnose the level of formation of teachers’ innovative competence a summative experiment was conducted as a method to obtain and fix theoretical and empirical data. In the course of the research the criteria for innovative competence evaluation were developed, diagnostic tools were selected, diagnostic procedures and the analysis of the obtained results were conducted. A methodological workshop was held for teachers aimed at defining such basic concepts as «innovative pedagogical activity», «competence», «innovative competence» The level of the formation of teachers’ innovative competence was diagnosed taking into account its components, namely: operational (the formation of intellectual abilities, the quickness of mental operations, ability to solve problem situations), professionalvalue (motivation to obtain innovative competences, professional orientation, ability to self-control and urge for constant professional self- improvement, formation of individual style of pedagogical activity, professionally important personal qualities). Having generalized the results of applying various diagnostic methods (the technique «Six Thinking Hats» by Edward de Bono, the technique of studying the value scales by M. Rokeach, the diagnostic test «Readiness for self-development», «Strategies to form a higher level of basic need for cognition» by Palchevsky, «The methodology of limit meanings» by D. Leontiev) the level of formation of innovative competence of the teacher of the institution of general secondary education was determined.

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