Analyzes the order in which professionalism occurs, using medicine as an example. Investigates a variety of basic events in professionalism--control of work, development of schools and other knowledge institutions, creation of professionally dominated work sites, association, licensing, and scientific transformation. Argues for a model of…

New associate editor of Professional Exchange section of "Journal of Mental Health Counseling" discusses importance of section. Lists potential topics suggested in 1989, then adds several other topics to the list. Concludes with guidelines for submission to Professional Exchange section. (NB)

Links perspectives on professionalism (trait, functionalist, power, and postmodern) with professional struggles for legitimacy under increasing public scrutiny. States that lifelong learning cannot resolve the crisis but can contribute to recognition of social change, the challenge of working with diversity, and the need for constant renewal of…

Describes a project in which home economists were encouraged to tell stories that illustrate and describe their practices. The resulting data were used to construct a portrait of the profession in Canada. (ontains 17 references.)(JOW)

Discusses the evolution of the training profession. Focuses on, how it has changed, measuring training impact, trainer skills, use of third-party vendors, its function, interaction with management, and its future. (JOW)

Reviews issues associated with continuing professional education in the areas of professionalization, preservice education, workplace learning, and acquisition of professional expertise. Addresses the goals of continuing education, evaluation processes, credentials, accountability, and quality control. Recommends a long-term, integrated…

Interviews with 80 practitioners and 372 survey responses were used to examine the professional approach to problem solving. Although specialist knowledge is important, improvisation is a key factor. Professional practice appears to be a combination of applied knowledge and reflection. (SK)

Trainers as a group may have low self-esteem because of their status in organizational hierarchies. To raise professional standing and esteem, trainers should clarify goals, vision, and values; eliminate self-defeating behaviors; be proactive; and form networks. (SK)

In this article, we investigate whether adolescent girls are more determined to enter professional careers compared to boys across countries. To this end, we analyse the data from the 2006 survey of OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). First, we establish whether girls are more ambitious than boys net of their academic…

This article uses data from the Australian Censuses of 1976 and 2001 to measure the extent to which the children of school teachers participated in the middle class shift from public to non-government secondary schooling of the closing decades of the last century. It builds on recent work by Craig Campbell and Geoffrey Sherington on the history of…

Youth workers operate within a professional climate in which competence is perceived to be linked to a worker's ability to respond quickly and effectively to whatever situations clients may present. Many youth workers perceive their own inability to respond in moments of stuckness as indicative of their own failing and lack of professional skill.…

Information technology auditing has become a career in high demand in recent years due to factors such as increasing compliance requirements with regards to information technology governance. Nonetheless, many information technology, management information systems, and accounting information systems educators may not have paid significant…

In all positions, professionals must continue to develop their skills. The higher education IT profession is no exception. However, many of these skills should be developed progressively. If IT professionals can start learning these twelve skills early in their career, they will have a good chance of turning the skills into habits--and of becoming…

Examines critically a personal selection of the concepts and activities of librarianship during the past 100 years. (Author/PF)

Dismay is expressed over challenges posed by new legislation and programs, although allies-social tradition, public apathy, confusion (between medical and psychiatric professions), self-fulfilling prophecy, precedent, and provincialism are seen to aid in claiming children for the writer, identified in the last sentence to be mental retardation.…