Ideal Worker and Academic Professional Identity: Perspectives from a Career Flexibility Educational Intervention

Development of a professional identity for the child care worker.

The movement toward professionalization of the child care field confronts serious and complex problems of conceptualization and practical organization of roles, programs, and personnel. This article describes and analyzes these issues in the context of current practice and the emerging professionalization of the field.

Shaping A Professional Identity: Stories of Educational Practice

f/sla from learner perspectives: a social activity or a cognitive process

in the past couple of decades sociocultural theory of sla and its implications in efl contexts have attracted attentions of research circles worldwide and aroused some controversies. firth and wagner (1997) have questioned the principles of the cognitive view which gives importance to mental constructs in favor of sociocultural view which highlights social and contextual constructs. but if soci...

International women physicians’ perspectives on choosing an academic medicine career

UNLABELLED Concerns about recruiting physicians into academic careers is an international issue. A qualitative study with United States (US) women physicians revealed insights into how, when, and why physicians choose an academic career in medicine. The current study explored international women physicians' perspectives on their career choice of academic medicine and determined if different the...

Professional communication competences of physiotherapists -- practice and educational perspectives.

BACKGROUND Dissonance between the high 'technical' competences of medical professionals, including physiotherapists, and the relatively low level of patient satisfaction with care received is a phenomenon observed in many countries. Many studies show that it occurs in the case of an inadequate interpersonal communication between medical professionals and patients. OBJECTIVES The primary goal ...