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Darlington, Emily Joan; Pearce, Gemma; Vilaça, Teresa; Masson, Julien; Bernard, Sandie; Anastácio, Zélia; Magee, Paul; Christensen, Frants; Hansen, Henriette; Carvalho, Graça S. – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: The aim was to identify the competencies professionals need to promote co-creation engagement within communities. Design/methodology/approach: Co-creation could contribute to building community capacity to promote health. Professional development is key to support co-creative practices. Participants were professionals in a position to…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Inclusion, Creative Activities, Cross Cultural Studies
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Buckley, Eleanor; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Remington, Anna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This research examined whether professional mentoring could have a positive effect on the occupational self-efficacy of autistic performing arts professionals. We compared the outcomes of one group who received mentoring to a waitlist control group. 26 participants took part in this study: 15 autistic mentees and 11 mentors, three of whom were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Theater Arts, Mentors, Foreign Countries
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Charitonos, Koula; Albuerne Rodriguez, Carolina; Witthaus, Gabi; Bossu, Carina – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020
Britain's asylum system fails the most vulnerable; it cannot ensure that people who are least able to protect themselves are provided with the legal assistance that they require to cope with the challenges with which they are inevitably faced. Against this background, the charity Refugee Action developed the Frontline Immigration Advice Programme…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Refugees, Coping, Immigration
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Watkins, Heather; Smith, Roy – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2018
As an approach to the internationalization of higher education, Internationalization at Home (IaH) looks beyond the mobility of a minority of students, emphasizing instead the delivery to all students of an internationally focused curriculum and the embedding of intercultural communication. This can be expanded to include extracurricular…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Cultural Awareness, International Education, Ethics
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Beaven, Tita – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The first module of the online Master of Arts (MA) in Translation at the Open University, Introduction to Translation Theory and Practice, includes a language development strand which encourages students to diagnose their own language development needs and introduces them to tools, resources, strategies, and learning communities that will enable…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communities of Practice, Professional Development
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Aktas, Fatih; Pitts, Kate; Richards, Jessica C.; Silova, Iveta – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
While higher education internationalization efforts have traditionally been associated with the expansion of study abroad experiences, the recruitment of international students and scholars, as well as the growth of area studies and language programs, the past decade has seen an increase in a variety of multi-disciplinary approaches to…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Study Abroad, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Simon, Shirley; Campbell, Sandra; Johnson, Sally; Stylianidou, Fani – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2011
The research reported here set out to investigate the features in schools and science departments that were seen as effective in contributing to the continuing professional development (CPD) of early career science teachers. Ten schools took part in the study, selected on the basis of their reputation for having effective CPD practices. To gain…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Effective Schools Research
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McCormick, Robert – Curriculum Journal, 2010
A recent literature review in support of the "State of the Nation" (SoN) investigation into CPD in England indicated a number of limitations both in how researchers see CPD and how schools themselves participate and register this participation in such activities. The SoN review was conducted in the period from late 2007 to early 2008,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Literature Reviews, Educational Indicators
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Osborne, Michael; Sankey, Kate – European Journal of Education, 2009
In this overview of non-vocational adult education and the training of its professionals we seek to provide a map of existing provision through secondary analysis of existing data. The territory is a complex one with a range of providers and considerable blurring of the vocational and non-vocational divide. Further, because of devolution within…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Educators, Professional Development
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O'Brien, Mark; Varga-Atkins, Tunde; Umoquit, Muriah; Tso, Peggy – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2012
This article addresses the under-theorization of visual techniques for social science research applications through the cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT). The "problem" of "the visual" in research is given an ontological framing by highlighting the ways in which the use of visual techniques as research tools--designed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Social Science Research, Theories
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Kiely, Richard; Davis, Matt – Language Teaching Research, 2010
This article explores teacher learning in the UK English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) context. We draw on data from a continuing professional development (CPD) initiative to understand how learning is shaped by collaborative discussion with others and by reading from the language classroom research literature. The CPD programme--designed…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Literature, Faculty Development, English (Second Language)
Macdonald, Janet – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2010
Professional development for distance tutors is traditionally delivered through texts or websites, supplemented by face to face workshops. However, one of the major challenges is to ensure that they engage with the materials and carry away something which is of value to their practice. At the Open University (UK) our 8000 tutors work from home,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Open Universities, Tutors, Professional Development
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Harrett, Jacqueline; Benjamin, Theresa – Literacy, 2009
This article reports on a UKLA-funded project in which a group of 10 teachers in South Wales were involved. The televised science fiction drama "Doctor Who" was chosen as the theme as it was based on popular culture as well as being of local and national interest. The main character in this television drama is an alien who can fly…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Foreign Countries, Science Fiction, Focus Groups
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Conole, Grainne – Open Learning, 2010
When asked what they would find most helpful to enable them to use technologies more in their teaching, most teachers say "give me examples, in my subject area" and "point me to relevant people I can discuss these issues with". Web 2.0 technologies--with their emphasis on sharing, networking and user production--seem to offer a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Educational Resources, Teaching Methods, Educational Needs
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Richardson, Janet; Ainsworth, Roberta; Allison, Rhoda; Billyard, Jo; Corley, Reine; Viner, Jane – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Advanced clinical practice roles are now an integral feature of many healthcare services and have been adopted in a diversity of areas. However, mentoring of these roles is not well documented in the literature and formal mechanisms of support are limited. An action learning set (ALS) was developed to provide support for consultants currently in…
Descriptors: Nurses, Experiential Learning, Questionnaires, Coping
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