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Cathal de Paor – Studies in Continuing Education, 2024
An effective system of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) requires assessment processes that are appropriate for the nature of the experiential learning being assessed. Otherwise, potential candidates may be discouraged from engaging in RPL applications and therefore not benefit from the lifelong learning opportunities available. It has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Military Personnel, Experiential Learning
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Smith, Janet – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Since the first Circle of Trust retreat was offered in 2005, the Center for Courage & Renewal (CCR) and other individual facilitators across the United States, Canada, and Australia have continued to offer many cross-professional retreats, as they have proven extremely popular. They are designed for people from any profession who want to…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Program Effectiveness
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Lammintakanen, Johanna; Kivinen, Tuula – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the views of nurses of different ages on continuing professional development (CPD). The authors were interested in possible differences in the use of formal and especially informal CPD practices between nurses of different ages, and likewise in possible differences in attitudes of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Nurses, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education
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McIntyre, Joanna; Hobson, Andrew J.; Mitchell, Nick – Professional Development in Education, 2009
This article discusses the evaluation of a unique university-based early professional development (EPD) programme in England that enabled newly and recently qualified teachers to have continued contact with their initial teacher preparation provider. The programme was designed to enhance the induction, EPD and retention of beginning teachers of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching
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Hanley, Pam; Maringe, Felix; Ratcliffe, Mary – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This evaluation used a change transition model to explore the processes of development of a three-phase professional programme devised by two teams of researchers to support teachers' expertise in six domains of science teaching. The full programme operated over two years. Interviews with developers at the end of each phase (21 interviews) and…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Professional Development, Science Instruction, Interviews
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McCormack, Brendan; Henderson, Elizabeth; Boomer, Christine; Collin, Ita; Robinson, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action learning is being increasingly utilised as a strategy to underpin practitioner focused development and research projects in healthcare generally and nursing in particular. Whilst facilitators of and participants in action learning have a variety of resource materials to guide their practice and participation, there continue to be few…
Descriptors: Nurses, Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education
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Kong, Siu Cheung – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2007
An information literacy (IL) framework has been proposed for Hong Kong students to adapt to the emergence of the knowledge-based society, digital culture and globalisation. The aims of the study reported herein were to validate the proposed IL model and collect the views of practitioners and representative stakeholders on the possibility of its…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Professional Development
Nafukho, Fredrick M.; Graham, Carroll M.; Brooks, Kit – Online Submission, 2008
This study was designed to determine the degree of use, level of client satisfaction of professional development and educational services, and to identify suggestions for improving services. Results from a mixed methodology approach indicated moderate to high levels of satisfaction in two program areas and moderate to high levels of…
Descriptors: Participant Satisfaction, Professional Development, Human Resources, Technical Support
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Wilson, Valerie; McCormack, Brendan; Ives, Glenice – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action Learning is now a well established strategy for reflective inquiry in healthcare. Whilst a great deal is know about action learning there has been inadequate research on the process of learning that takes place, and the impact that this holds for individuals, groups or organisations. This article reports on the findings of 15-month action…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Inquiry
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Warwick, Ian; Aggleton, Peter; Rivers, Kim – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2005
This paper reports on findings from an evaluation of a pilot accreditation scheme for teachers of sex and relationships education (SRE) in England. The scheme was introduced as part of national measures to reduce rates of teenage conception. Illuminative and participatory methods were used to elicit stakeholder accounts from primary, secondary and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Educational Change
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Galera, Darrel; Sueoka, Lynne; Weeg, Patti; Awaya, Allan; Matsumoto, Carole; Gibbs, Nate; Renquist, Seth; Cheung, Teresa – Educational Perspectives, 2003
This article presents the authors' perspectives on Electronic Collaborative Educational Learning Laboratory (ECELL), an innovative summer school experiment conducted over 5 years from 1997 to 2001. The authors offer a detailed picture of the ECELL as a philosophy of professional development, as an organizing framework, and as a community of…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Educational Research, Learning Laboratories, Electronic Learning
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Serafini, Frank – Current Issues in Education, 2005
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was established in 1987 to develop and operate a system of advanced certification; including a set of high and rigorous standards of accomplished teaching and an assessment system designed to measure these standards. Utilizing a qualitative, case study framework, this research project…
Descriptors: National Standards, Board Candidates, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Certification
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2005
For the twenty-eighth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Professional Associations, Educational Technology, Annual Reports