The "reflective practitioner" approach to professional training is applied to teacher education, with emphasis on quality control. The relationship between industry's technical rational model, currently in favor in higher education, and the professional artistry model of professionalism, which have different conceptions of quality…

Discusses the legitimization of teaching as a profession and teacher training within the university context. Considers the influence of social representations on the evolution of the teaching profession. Highlights the difficulties emerging from the integration of professional training within the university structure. (DMM)

Whether Effective Patient Teaching (EPT), a health professions continuing education course, could be effectively taught by trainers who were not course developers was studied for four nurse managers trained in EPT and seven who were not. Effectiveness of training and value of the EPT program were supported. (SLD)

A study reviewed 19 reports involving child-abuse fatality or serious child-protection concerns in Wales. Family characteristics and seven practice themes emerging from the analysis are discussed: insufficient assessment, interagency communication, responsibility, large number of professionals involved, role of general practitioners, insufficient…

Raises the questions of where school psychologists fit into school reform and whether they have the organizational knowledge and skill to contribute to this comprehensive process. Critical to success of programs is the use of a collaborative problem-solving consultative model, which incorporates a four-stage process: problem identification,…

Presents a reaction to Cooper and Gottlieb's (this issue) article titled, "Ethical Issues with Managed Care: Challenges Facing Counseling Psychology." Challenges that many issues addressed by Cooper and Gottlieb have been longstanding in the profession. Argues against the belief that the managed care environment is fraught with more ethical…

School counselors need to be prepared to address student concerns and school problems in collaborative ways, while working cooperatively with school principals. A seminar is described which is designed to help graduate students in school counseling and school administration develop a greater appreciation of the roles, responsibilities, and…

Addresses questions related to the evaluation of teachers, with specific attention to why there is such teacher resistance. Theorizes that it is the teachers' fear of evaluation of their personal identity rather than their professional competence that lies behind their resistance to evaluation. Calls for the use of action research as a basic…

Discusses how the school library media specialist (SLMS) must assume leadership in establishing and nurturing administrative partnerships and to take the risk of leading when the opportunity arises. Offers tips for managing your professional partnerships: be professional at all times, learn your job, do your job to the very best of your ability,…

In order to effectively meet the needs of families, this paper argues that there is a need for people working in the arena of family support to incorporate theory and research into their practice and to engage in a process of reflective practice. An inter-disciplinary cyclical model of training for experienced family support practitioners is…

Evaluation is a powerful stage of both the instructional design and the human performance technology models. Unfortunately, it is not often done at a level that will measure the impact of training or other performance improvement interventions on-the-job and its value to the organization. If done properly, systematic evaluation can provide the…

In the next few years, higher educational institutions in Russia are going to have difficulties recruiting applicants for enrollment owing to the decline of the country's population and the reduced number of young people. One of the most important indicators of the effectiveness of the educational process and the level of competitiveness of the…

During the last 25 years, the number of students with disabilities seeking higher education has tripled. However, these students may not readily identify their disability to those responsible for coordinating disability services. Consequently, academic advisors may be among the first campus employees to become aware of an individual's disability.…

This study examined the problem of the professional and life self-determination of students enrolled in higher pedagogical educational institutions, with Ulianovsk Pedagogical University serving as the base. The objectives were the following: (1) to study the reasons that the students in the different stages of their schooling (the first and fifth…

The evidence-based practice (EBP) movement has the potential to significantly advance the quality of psychological and educational services provided by psychologists working in schools. Training psychologists in EBP has challenged the profession and caused faculty in graduate programs to reevaluate and retool professional training curricula and…