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Goh, Adeline Yuen Sze – Studies in Continuing Education, 2019
Studies relating to reflection and reflective practice in learning, specifically workplace learning, have gradually emerged from within the professional education literature. Evidence has seen a shift from an individualistic to a more collective approach to reflection, in an attempt to move away from viewing learning as an individual action.…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Workplace Learning, Professional Development, Figurative Language
Manuti, Amelia; Impedovo, Maria Antonietta; De Palma, Pasquale Davide – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of communities of practice in organizations and their most beneficial effects for both individual and collective development. Design/Methodology/Approach: Based on a literature review, from the first authoritative texts by Lave and Wenger until the most recent critiques, the paper has…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Human Capital, Communities of Practice, Individual Development
Ciporen, Rachel – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
In recent years coaching has become an increasingly popular intervention used in both personal and professional development spheres. This chapter draws on industry research from scholars as well as professional organizations to map the history, definitions, and trends of executive and organizational coaching to provide clarity on a complex and…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Intervention, Professional Development, Individual Development
Kaufman, Roger – Educational Technology, 2015
Human competence is a vital element for any organization that expects to survive and then thrive. Developing individual performance ability is necessary but not sufficient because trained people alone will not make an organization successful. We must determine what people should deliver and why it should be delivered in order to add measurable…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Capacity Building, Job Performance, Training Methods
Luciana Mourão; Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a training and development (T&D) evaluation model that includes new societal indicators, considering the growing demand to do so. Three complementary studies were done. Study I used a framework for T&D evaluation that includes societal impact in it. Study II investigated which levels of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Professional Training, Teachers
Adoniou, Misty – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Everybody wants quality teachers in schools. How are such teachers developed? In this article a model is presented that describes four contexts crucial to the preparation of teachers: the personal, the university, the practicum and the employment contexts. The ways in which these different contexts can and should work together in the education and…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Alignment (Education), Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Effectiveness
O'Loughlin, Marjorie – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2009
In this article, the author acknowledges the usefulness of pursuing the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) "narrative" by way of a more personal account of her own philosophical and professional development. In having the opportunity to read others' contributions prior to writing her own, the author has been able to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Teacher Education, Teacher Educators
Garcia-Morales, V. J.; Lopez-Martin, F. J.; Llamas-Sanchez, R. – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2006
This article uses a global model to analyse empirically how the personal and professional development of educators (personal mastery) facilitates the creation of a series of basic shared values (shared vision) and of team learning by the members of the educational centre, these inter-related strategic factors favouring, in turn, educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Professional Development, Cooperative Learning

Davis, Niki; And Others – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 1996
Discusses the development of information technology (IT) in teachers' professional work and its development within organizations based on examples in the United Kingdom. Highlights include Project INTENT, to improve IT in teacher education; dimensions of professional development; personalized strategies for staff development; individual and group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Information Technology, Organizational Development
Weisman, Iris M.; Marr, John W., Jr. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2002
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.)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Individual Development, Job Satisfaction
Small, Sue E. – 1990
A process of decision making and professional growth is described as a tool for refocusing on individual growth for professional development and redefining the relationship between professional development and organizational outcomes. Refocusing on individual professional growth is an intervention aimed at reconceptualizing the linking…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Brubaker, Dale L. – 1994
This book deals with the process dimensions of curriculum development through the prism of creative imagination and self-expression. Its theme is that personal and professional growth can occur in tandem. It shows how to create settings and learning communities that empower people to identify and use their talents. Case studies of critical…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collegiality, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Redman, Warren – 1994
Portfolios are increasingly being used to demonstrate competence and to show development needs among employees in organizations. This book explains what a portfolio is and how it links with the current training revolution taking place through the introduction of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in Great Britain. It shows how portfolios…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries
Skobjak, Bernadette L.; And Others – 1980
Definitions, purposes, and goals are enumerated to provide a planning framework for the creation of a staff development plan at Metro Tech Community College (MTCC). After introductory material outlines the planning process for staff development and the steps in an informal assessment of staff development needs, an operational definition is…
Descriptors: Activities, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Guides
Carter, A. – 2001
A four-phase study was conducted in Great Britain to determine what executive coaching is, why organizations use it, what issues are involved, and where executive coaching fits in terms of management learning theory. Data were gathered through a literature review, in-depth interviews with management development specialists and others in…
Descriptors: Careers, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Inservice Education
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