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Ranahan, Patti; Alsaieq, Hadia – Professional Development in Education, 2019
Youth workers provide services to youth and their families in different fields such as recreation, social justice, mental health. They play an important role in the well-being of youth and thus, mental health literacy (MHL) should be an integral part of professional preparation. The present grounded theory study examined how a MHL curriculum,…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Mental Health, Well Being, Curriculum
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Yuan, Rui – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Drawing on the approach of narrative inquiry, this study looks into how a novice language teacher educator constructed and reconstructed his professional identities through his research and publishing practice in the higher education context in Hong Kong. The findings of the study show that the participant constantly tried to defend and develop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Turner, Rebecca; Brown, Tony; Edwards-Jones, Andrew; Hughes, Julie; Banks, Alison; Bardsley, Janet; Bryan, Yvette; Gray, Claire; Isaac, Amanda; Mann, Judith; Mason, Maureen; McKenzie, Liz; Osborn, Julie; Rowe, Martin; Stone, Mark; Wilkinson, Rachel – Professional Development in Education, 2015
The diversification of settings in which higher education is delivered has resulted in a growing proportion of lecturers entering teaching from professional backgrounds. This is a challenging transition as lecturers are rarely given the space to consider the implications of this move on their identities and practice styles. Writing is recognised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Development, College Faculty
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White, Elizabeth – Professional Development in Education, 2014
The shift towards school-led teacher education steered by the government in England challenges the "traditional" model of experienced teachers leaving school and entering the higher education sector to become teacher educators. More teachers are undertaking the dual role of teacher and teacher educator, leading the professional learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Professional Identity, Experienced Teachers
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Roberts, Amanda; Weston, Kathryn – Professional Development in Education, 2014
The Research Excellence Framework has led to increased scrutiny on the volume/quality of writing produced by academics within higher education institutions. This paper describes the initiation of a writing support programme for teacher educators in a new university and analyses its impact. A key finding has been that supporting staff to write is…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Higher Education, Writing Improvement, Writing for Publication
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Field, Sue – Professional Development in Education, 2012
This study explores the tensions and challenges experienced by new teacher educators in higher education in England, large numbers of whom are coming directly from posts as schoolteachers. Although traditionally an under-researched group, recent studies have confirmed that this transition from schoolteacher to teacher educator is fraught with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Career Development, Teacher Educators