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Direct linkFox, A.; McCormick, R. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: By trailing data collection and analytical methods this study aims to address the dearth of research into the use of attending off-site events for professional learning. Design/methodology/approach: Three events, for academics and school leaders, were studied. A range of methods was trailed during 2006-2007, with the aim of collecting…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation, Professional Development
Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
Ingleby, Ewan; Hedges, Clive – Professional Development in Education, 2012
This article is based on quantitative and qualitative data that have been generated since 2009 on the study skills needs of early years practitioners working in England. The research has identified that developing information technology skills appears to be a particular professional development need for these practitioners. The practitioners are…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Colleges
Dieckmann, Peter; Friis, Susanne Molin; Lippert, Anne; Ostergaard, Doris – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
Introduction: This study describes (a) process goals, (b) success factors, and (c) barriers for optimizing simulation-based learning environments within the simulation setting model developed by Dieckmann. Methods: Seven simulation educators of different experience levels were interviewed using the Critical Incident Technique. Results: (a) The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Barriers, Objectives
Download full textEvans, Neus; Whitehouse, Hilary; Hickey, Ruth – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
Environmental education researchers argue that pre-service teachers have a limited understanding of education for sustainability. The research described in this article applies a phenomenographic approach to investigating variations in how a representative cohort of 30 pre-service teachers, at various stages of completing an education degree at a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Preservice Teacher Education
Sandeen, Cathy – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2013
In this essay, Cathy Sandeen states that the new postsecondary landscape requires looking at higher education as a system that provides multiple pathways in and through the various parts of the system, all with the goal of helping students complete a postsecondary degree, credential, or certificate. Sandeen observes two strengths in professional…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Public Education, Higher Education
Churlyaeva, Natalya; Kukushkin, Sergey – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2013
The development of a continuing vocational training programme at the Information Satellite Systems Joint-Stock Company (ISS JSC) during the transition from the planned Soviet economy to what is now called the Russian market economy is briefly outlined. How the collapse of a planned economy led to the degradation of engineering higher education…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Professional Continuing Education, Vocational Education, Space Sciences
Li, Shuang – International Education Studies, 2010
As is well known, it is network that has turned the traditional "man-man" educational system made up of by only teachers and students into a new system of "man-machine-man" composed of network as well as teachers and students. In the new system, teachers' authority has been lowered sharply because students also have access to…
Descriptors: Reflection, Teacher Improvement, Professional Continuing Education, Transformative Learning
Fugh-Berman; Adriane J.; Scialli, Anthony R.; Bell, Alicia M. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2010
Many studies have shown that pharmaceutical marketing affects prescribing choices. Studies that have assessed the effects of educational interventions on perceptions of pharmaceutical promotion have found mixed results. This study assesses the short-term effects of an educational intervention about marketing tactics on the attitudes and fund of…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Professional Continuing Education, Medical Students, Physicians
Esmaily, Hamideh M.; Silver, Ivan; Shiva, Shadi; Gargani, Alireza; Maleki-Dizaji, Nasrin; Al-Maniri, Abdullah; Wahlstrom, Rolf – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2010
Introduction: An outcome-based education approach has been proposed to develop more effective continuing medical education (CME) programs. We have used this approach in developing an outcome-based educational intervention for general physicians working in primary care (GPs) and evaluated its effectiveness compared with a concurrent CME program in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Professional Continuing Education, Primary Health Care
Fry, Sara; DeWit, Kim – Educational Leadership, 2011
What can teachers learn from their struggling students? The authors of this article interviewed 46 teachers who were themselves struggling students to learn how their experiences as students affected their practices as teachers. Several common themes emerged. Among them were the need to develop relationships with students, the importance of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship, Interviews, Educational Practices
Lawson, Tony – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2011
In the context of the tension between classroom observation as a form of empowerment and as an instrument of control, the partnership between three 16-19 colleges and a university School of Education in delivering a programme of sustained observation over eight years is explicated. Drawing on the literature about continuing professional…
Descriptors: Observation, Content Analysis, Teaching Methods, Classroom Observation Techniques
Zuiker, Steven J.; Ang, Doreen – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
The study explores the intersection between cyberinfrastructure and models of teacher education and professional development in Singapore. A case study explores how a pre-service and an in-service workshop in a virtual environment support efforts to understand and enlist constructivist pedagogies for classroom learning and to foster continuous…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Faculty Development
Sugrue, Ciaran – Professional Development in Education, 2011
Consistent with the impact of globalisation and international social movements in general, the rather conservative and stable educational system in Ireland has been buffeted severely over the past two decades by a major acceleration in the pace of change and the extent of policy churn. Now that the Celtic Tiger has died, it is a time for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Transformative Learning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
Recognising both the complexity of skills policies and the potential for peer learning, the OECD has developed a global Skills Strategy that helps countries to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their national skills systems, benchmark them internationally, and develop policies that can transform better skills into better jobs, economic…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Strategic Planning
