scholarly journals A Review of The Way of the Teacher: A Path for Personal Growth and Professional Fulfillment by Sandra Finney and Jane Thurgood Sagal

in education ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
Carl Leggo
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Bachelor Of Education ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Professional Fulfillment ◽  
The Way

A Review of The Way of the Teacher: A Path for Personal Growth and Professional Fulfillment by Sandra Finney and Jane Thurgood Sagal"I enthusiastically commend Finney and Thurgood Sagal for their thoughtful, hopeful, and inspiriting book which ought to be adopted as a core text in all Bachelor of Education programs as well as professional development plans for teachers." Carl Leggo

Mentoring. A Quality Assurance Tool for Dentists Part 6: Outcomes: Patient Care, Professional Development and Personal Growth Authentic Happiness for Dentists

2010 ◽  
Vol os17 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon P Holt ◽  
Russ Ladwa
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Professional Relationship ◽  
Authentic Happiness ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

This paper is the last in a series of six papers that have described different aspects of mentoring. It considers the impact of mentoring when it is used in general dental practice, applying the technique of learning through positive psychology. The first part of the paper considers this approach from a patient's perspective, the second from the perspective of a dentist. Because the impact on the quality of care for the patient is largely mediated through the personality of the dentist, the quality of the dentist's own performance, during his/her professional relationship with the patient, is a critical ingredient. The way that this critical ingredient impacts on quality of care is considered and parallels are drawn between roles assumed in dental practice and those found in industry. The paper also considers the way in which mentoring, as a part of a professional development programme, can enhance dentists’ personal skills and performance. It is an opportunity for great personal growth, with increased levels of job and life satisfaction, leading to greater levels of authentic happiness for all those involved, not least for dentists and the dental team.

scholarly journals Meeting Teacher Expectations in a DL Professional Development Programme - A Case Study for Sustained Applied Competence as Programme Outcome

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Corné Kruger ◽  
Ona Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Marike De Witt
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Teacher Expectations ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Professional Development Programme ◽  
The Way

<p class="1">Meeting teacher expectations for a professional development programme (PDP) is expected to strengthen sustainable applied competence as programme outcome since teachers will be more motivated to apply the programme content in practice. A revised distance learning (DL) programme was augmented by a practical component comprising a work-integrated portfolio and audio-visual material, aimed to support the applied competence of practising teachers in the South African context. An evaluation of the way the programme measured up to teacher expectations was deemed critical for future DL programme design. A qualitative study based on an interpretivist philosophical approach collected data of teacher expectations <em>for </em>and <em>of</em> the practical component through multiple methods. Their contributions were linked with four main themes related to applied competence as identified in the literature. Participant expectations and experiences with regards to each theme were compared by means of electronic coding through ATLASti™. The findings show a strong correlation between expectations <em>for</em> and experiences <em>of </em>the way the practical component supports the elements of applied competence. Since DL is viewed as a viable and cost effective way to improve teacher competence in developing countries, these findings serve as impetus for further investigation and refining ways to support applied competence in a distance learning professional development programme (DL PDP).</p>

scholarly journals Degree of Professional Development of Educational Leaders in Jordan in Jerash Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhad Mohammad Awad
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Study Questionnaire

The study aimed at revealing the degree of professional development of educational leaders in Jordan and its relationship to job performance in Jerash governorate. The researcher used the descriptive approach. In order to achieve the goal of the study، the researcher built a tool for the study "questionnaire"، which was distributed to a random sample of (171) In the Jerash Governorate. The results showed that the degree of professional development of the educational leaders is high and with an average of 3.83. The ranking of the fields is ranked in descending order according to the level of the fields: the field of professional development plans، 4.00، Field of development programs methods For a professional، and reached (3: 55). (High). In light of the results، a number of recommendations and proposals were presented to raise the level of professional development of educational leaders and job performance.    

scholarly journals Client Analysis in Teacher Education: What Some Canadian and South African Teachers Identify as their Professional Development Needs

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

The client analysis conducted in this study explores the professional development needs of11 language teachers, five in South Africa and six in Canada. The study employs a questionnaire and interviews to discover how each teacher's background and context affects his or her perceived professional development needs. Interviews show that teacher educators cannot necessarily predict teachers' professional development needs based on their backgrounds and contexts alone. A variety of inputs from recipients over an extended time is desirable and would yield more accurate predictability of an individual's professional development needs. This would result in teacher education programs that more accurately meet a teacher's real needs.

scholarly journals The reflective information literacy educator

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Whitworth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Way

The shift in perception, from librarians as providers of information to librarians as educators in the effective use of information, requires the profession to become aware of differing approaches to the development of teaching and of the professional consciousness of educators: also of the way certain forms of teaching and CPD are privileged over others within higher education institutions, and why. This paper reports on and synthesises a range of theoretical works in this area, to explain how becoming an effective information literacy educator requires not just an awareness of practice, but developing it, through a continous interaction between theory and practice. The librarian-as-educator must engage in professional development practices which, ultimately, require the continuous questioning of the very foundations of IL, and work actively towards raising awareness of these processes throughout their institutions.

Development of a Technology Plan

2012 ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Melinda Bynog
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Technology Standards ◽  
Basic Tool ◽  
Technology Plan ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Curriculum Instruction ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Successful Technology

The composition of a technology plan is a complex process composed of many parts. The integration of curriculum instruction, levels of technology across the curriculum, the establishment of technology standards, and strategies for the development of equity along with administration and support staff are just a few of the components that assist in the creation of a successful technology plan. A technology plan encompasses other plans, which provides the necessary support for the technology plan’s development. For example, there are professional development plans and technology support plans that have completely different goals. This chapter focuses on components, strategies, and information that comprise the foundation of a technology plan. The technology plan is a basic tool that can be modified to suit the situation, and used to outline and identify the basic needs for the development of a technology plan.

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