Interviews illustrating professional judgment support characteristics of informal workplace learning: contingent, practical, process, particular, and affective-social. Growth in the capacity to make judgments occurs in three ways (1) ability to separate initial need from actualization of judgment; (2) ability to interpret conative-emotive and…

Battles between the American Medical Association and the American Medical Women's Association over the 1921 Act for the Promotion of Welfare and Hygiene of Maternity and Infancy were gendered intra- and interprofessional struggles among physicians, midwives, nurses, and social workers. The conflicts illustrate the gendered nature of professions.…

Presents American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Leaders and New Achievers' viewpoints regarding characterizations of family and consumer sciences, core values of the field, factors that motivate them to sustain their commitment to the profession, and recommendations for transmitting the essence of the profession. (Contains 23…

Examination of the foundations of public service ethics as reflected in 12 textbooks revealed that ethics coverage is modest and is seldom covered in areas in which ethical behavior is crucial. (Contains 57 references.) (JOW)

A study of why 52 highly skilled technical contractors accepted contingent employment found that contracting paid better than permanent employment. However, they felt anxiety and estrangement; networks were developed to address needs such as training. Highly skilled contingent workers form a triad with employing companies and intermediaries such…

In the early twentieth century, a new alliance formed between university-based scholars who dedicated themselves to the scientific study of education and public school officials. This alliance centered on the proposition that applied research could advance the professionalization of schooling and become a prestigious academic specialty in its own…

It has been generally accepted that teaching does not meet the criteria of a profession, at least as exemplified by the more mature professions of medicine and law (Abbott, 1988; Darling-Hammond & Youngs, 2002; Etzioni, 1969; Howsam, Corrigan, Denemark, & Nash, 1976). Teaching is most often referred to as a semiprofession; Myers's (2008 [this…

For a growing group of educators, the online role-playing game World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment's massively popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is a place to go to relax, network, and discover potential learning strategies-- and slay a few monsters if they get in the way. The online role-playing game World of…

Despite the large body of evidence on the benefits of sports, there continues to be growing concern regarding the overemphasis on sports, especially related to the social and educational development of blacks and other minority youth. This article introduces a conceptual framework or typology for analyzing the connection between sports…

The emergence of a new kind of legal practice, public interest law, is described. (KM)

"The values of nursing must not get lost in the dominant medical culture. If they do, you justly risk the epithet of junior doctor. Our patients do not need junior doctors. They need the knowledge and skills of both medicine and nursing." (Author)

A technique of developing portfolios that can help employers evaluate prospective employees is outlined. (HB)

Presenting interviews with three Appalachian women, this article describes the way in which these women assumed professional roles as a nurse-midwife, a psychiatric therapist, and a bank assistant vice president. (JC)

The author examines six standards traditionally recognized as defining a profession to see whether or not physical education meets them. In addition, problems in forming a professional image among physical educators are discussed. (MJB)

There are those who recommend that professions such as psychology should follow medicine's lead with an equally forceful articulation and control over education, accreditation, and licensure. (Author/AM)