Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer opportunities for professional development of environmental educators globally, yet we lack understanding of participants™ cognitive and social learning processes and of how instructors can enhance these processes. Based on the Community of Inquiry framework, we used a survey and coded participant…

Teacher action research seeks to bring together action, reflection, theory, and practice; and it is acknowledged as a way to value and honour teachers' practical knowledge. The purpose of this article is to conceptualize teacher action research as "Bildung," applying Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics as a theoretical…

Many Extension professional associations have had trouble getting members to participate in national leadership opportunities. The study reported here examined the perception of members of a national Extension professional organization (NAE4-HA) regarding specific leadership actions. It found the single act of taking on a leadership position…

Focuses on issues raised by employment in academic setting during first three years post-Ph.D. in counseling psychology. Specifically, identification with counseling psychology and opportunities for professional development are benefits of academic appointment; role overload and work tasks that lack natural closure are costs. Discusses lack of…

Describes five new ideas for mental health counselors that are supplanting principles of career planning: viewing jobs as career bridges rather that career steps; considering context and content of the field; defining oneself in terms of competencies rather than job titles; focusing on possibilities rather than job positions; and developing…

The essence of teacher maturity can be synthesized into personal, professional, and process domains. Although overlapping, these categories add a multidimensional approach to the search for what is good in teaching and provide a model for professional development. (MT)

Notes that some companies have begun setting up formal mentoring programs, matching junior managers with compatible seasoned veterans. Looks at what various companies are doing in the area of mentoring and formulates four key questions to ask when setting up a mentoring program. (NB)

Developed a noncredit course for entering master's level counseling students: "Seminar on Personal/Professional Growth, Development and Integration." Shared specific information, then participants cooperatively developed a general format for the support group. Pre-post questionnaires indicated that the students were accepting of the…

Examines career issues for counseling center psychologists inherent to the first six years of employment, including role clarification, development of support networks, and professional developmental activities. Discusses personal reactions to one's work which may indicate the need for change. (JAC)

Provides an overview of material offered at seminars put on by the Video Education for Libraries Project. Discussion covers all aspects of collection development and video services policy including copyright considerations. The importance of independent film works for collections is emphasized. (EA)

This article focuses on two questions: (1) What experiences shape the norms, values, and skills of principals? and (2) How can these experiences be enhanced through formal and informal training and development activities? The article is concerned with school district-level activities and programs. (MT)

A recent meeting of college deans revealed their major concerns to be faculty relations, how to fairly represent both the administration and the faculty, response to inappropriate faculty requests, adjusting faculty workloads fairly, getting faculty support for curriculum changes, staying current in their academic disciplines, and making career…

Describes a model that can be used as a roadmap to provide supervision to counselors in a manner that facilitates professional growth and development rather than evaluation. Doctoral students like the model because it provides a guideline for developing their own styles of supervision. (Author/BEF)

Discusses growth of online staff and professional development courses and some of the issues and concerns related thereto. Also discusses several of the advantages for school districts, teachers, and administrators. (PKP)

Reviews and examines the professionalization, deprofessionalization, and reprofessionalization of rehabilitation counseling according to selected descriptors of professionalism. Presents recommendations designed to facilitate the continuation of rehabilitation counseling's professional development. (Author)