This integrative literature review aimed to synthesise published research on the use of expressive, reflective and creative writing in a career context, known as Career Writing. Studies included English-language research from peer-reviewed journals published between 1990 and 2020 with intervention(s) involving writing for personal and professional…

In most of the scholarly work, the history of lifelong education (LLE) begins in the 1960s, when the concept gathered momentum as part of the agendas of the OECD, World Bank, UNESCO, and Council of Europe. A pre-1960s history is acknowledged with a few names and dates and is generally absorbed into the history of adult education. This paper…

Given urgent need for culturally competent early childhood educators and the strategic encouragement by colleges for students to travel internationally, this analysis focuses on the question: What is the relationship between international experiences and preservice early childhood educators' cultural competence? More specifically, three questions…

Informal mentoring is based on a natural match between a junior individual and a senior one who share mutual interests. It usually aids in the professional and personal development of both parties involved. We reviewed the literature regarding factors that make informal mentoring effective within the medical realm, by searching a major academic…

Examines significant events that have influenced the personal and professional development of pioneers in the counseling field who have been interviewed in the "Journal of Counseling and Development." Presents some of the pioneers' observations and reflections about counselor training. (ABL)

Despite its widely acknowledged importance to effective therapeutic practice across theoretical orientations, it has been suggested that counsellor "personal development" remains a poorly defined area of training, and that the concept is itself endowed with numerous implicit meanings. In an attempt to move towards a more explicit and…

Discusses five factors affecting college faculty members' sense of belonging-academic hierarchy, satisfaction with interpersonal relations, degree of autonomy, orientation to the institution, and opportunities for professional development. Recommends strategies in each category that help build community among instructors. (Contains 20 references.)…

Persons in leadership roles, including school administrators, are affected by forces within themselves, within those they lead, and within the environment in which they work. The leader's responses to these forces are conditioned in part by childhood influences, past experience, leadership training, and sociocultural pressures. A set of 15…

Offers a personal perspective demonstrating the power of counseling, whether it be for others or for one's self. Mental health counselor reveals how he attended to his own mental health when faced with a terminal illness. (JBJ)

Draws on recent research on adult development for a conceptual base in examining personal and professional developmental potentials, tasks, and conflicts for college faculty in five categories: Age 30 Transition, Dual Career Couple, Midlife, Late-Entry, and Senior Retiring faculty. Three charts and an 80-item reference list are included. (JL)

Examines research about the effectiveness of professional development. Procedural guidelines drawn from research on individual and organizational change provide a framework for developing the optimal mix of professional development processes and technologies for specific contexts at particular points in time. The potential impact of implementing…

This research report focuses on identifying different phases of organizational mentorship, or examining how mentorship might differ for men and women, and compares informal (spontaneous and unstructured) and formal (organizationally arranged and structured) mentorships. Surveys were mailed to 158 individuals (43 surveys were eventually used) from…

Studies of the adult life cycle indicate three identifiable transitional periods within working years in which one must reexamine and renew the direction of life and work. However, research findings indicate the timing and tasks of these vital transitions differ widely for men and women. These findings hold implications for individual and family…

Observes that the profession will always be in trouble; the best that can be done is to work to control the quality of that trouble. Growth has not always been equaled by ability to play the power game on the campus. Student personnel workers will confront all of these problems, solve some, bungle some, and cope with the rest. (Author)

Earlier work on the enduring effects of education is reviewed, and data are presented from 22 autobiographical accounts written by college graduates. Most importance was attached to learning high-level intellectual skills and to attitudes and values of personal and professional significance. Implications for curricula and teaching are discussed.…