BACKGROUND Self-directed learning requires the ability to identify one's own learning needs, develop and implement a plan to gain knowledge and to monitor one's own progress. A lifelong learning approach cannot be forced, since it is in essence an internally driven process. Nurse educators can, however, act as role models to empower their students to become independent learners by modelling the...

The setting of this experiment is that of the DEFLE, French Department for Foreign Students. It is an old department of the University of Nancy2, originally designed for the training of foreign students to prepare them to study a wide range of subjects. Studies of French as a Foreign Language (FFL) were organized exclusively in terms of classes (learning with a teacher), until the CRAPEL, throu...

A teacher is a socially active individual, capable of purposeful and conscious self-improvement, free life self-determination creative self-realization in the profession. The choice optimal means influence on personality formation directs future to achieve highest degree development, namely acmeological self-improvement self-development. basis professionalism self-development, self-education, s...

the links between disasters and violence either self-directed or interpersonal are now more recognized. nevertheless, the amount of research is limited. this article discusses the underlying association of disasters and violence and it also outlines a systematic review of the literature from 1976 to 2011. finally, it concludes and recommends particular approaches for further epidemiological res...

the readiness for self-directed learning among the students and its role in improving life-long learning skills has been emphasized recently. the present descriptive study aimed at analyzing the self-directed learning skills possessed by the students of agriculture at tarbiat modares university, tehran, iran (n= 414). as far as methodological design is concerned, the study has utilized krejcie ...

Epistemic beliefs comprise the individual understanding of the nature of knowledge and the creation of knowledge. Hence, they impact the perception of learning opportunities and professional learning activities. Many enterprises apply computer technology in order to support staff development through e-learning activities. However, a closer look at the practices of e-learning reveals that only r...

Professional development is important for the improvement of professional work. Particularly relevant to concept an occupation's character and organizational arrangements activities endorsing employees' development. In this article, police officers' in Swedish organization explored by analyzing learning pathways their experiences crucial conditions that contribute Content analysis interviews wi...

Title of Document: SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF PROJECTLEVEL KNOWLEDGE FLOW OBSTACLES: THE PERCEPTIONS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERS. Susan Marie Mitchell, Ph.D., 2012 Directed By: Dr. Carolyn B. Seaman, Information Systems Department Uncontrollable costs, schedule overruns, and poor end product quality continue to plague the software engineering field. Innovations formulated wit...