SUMMARY The current labor market requires that people take responsibility for their own professional development. At the same time, this a stimulating work environment supports self directed employability. This article, which is an adaptation of recently published knowledge document ‘Eigen Regie op Loopbaan en Ontwikkeling’ Sociaal Economische Raad (SER), focuses on how self-directed employabil...

Professional practica are an essential part of teacher education and other professional education programs, but university staff often express concern that prac experiences are fundamentally conservative, emphasising preparation for the status quo rather than for what might be. In recent years other forms of workplace-based university learning have been devised, where staff have sought to build...

background: radiology staff needs to justify the radiation exposures in order to protect themselves and others from radiation risks. the aims of this study were to examine the awareness level of radiation dose and protection amongst radiographers and to compare their performance between major jordanian hospitals. materials and methods: a cross-sectional survey was conducted in 4 major jordanian...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal pain is common in adults, with the hand being frequently affected. Healthcare services have the potential to be of benefit to adults with hand pain and problems, through promotion and facilitation of self-management. METHODS This paper explores existing self-management in a UK population of community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and over using data from surveys and...

Self-directed care is an alternative way of delivering services that seeks to empower participants by expanding their degree of choice and control in selecting services. Over the last decade, it has been widely adopted internationally in home and community-based long-term care for people with physical and cognitive disabilities and for seniors. It has been shown to improve satisfaction with ser...

The call for digitalisation in compulsory and upper secondary schools implies the need teachers to pursue professional development. Here, teachers’ self-understanding may influence how they use, relate learn about digital technologies. purpose of this article is explore a teacher’s influences his development activities and, turn, influenced by learning. case study focuses on one school endeavou...

the present study adopts the perspective that metacognitive strategy instruction is bound to occur inside the classroom especially on oral tasks. accordingly, the researchers investigated whether metacognitive strategy instruction prior to oral tasks was more successful than conventional ways in improving efl learners’ oral proficiency. to this end, 56 participants studying in a language school...

In baccalaureate in nursing programs, self-directed methods of education have been used for many decades. A major goal of this type of approach to education is to provide students with the necessary competencies to become lifelong learners. Students must be exposed to self-directed learning competencies to obtain the knowledge, skills, and attributes unique to their personal and professional gr...