In recent decades, historians of English psychiatry have shifted their major concerns away from asylums and psychiatrists in the nineteenth century. This is also seen in the studies of twentieth-century psychiatry where historians have debated the rise of psychology, eugenics and community care. This shift in interest, however, does not indicate that English psychiatrists became passive and uni...

INTRODUCTION In professional development, practitioners are active participants in determining their own learning needs, and in designing and implementing appropriate learning activities. After being used almost exclusively by professors, doctors, attorneys, and the like in describing continuing education requirements for advance certificates or recertification, professional development is slow...

Examining traditional and contemporary professional development practices of youth-serving organizations can inform practices across Extension, particularly in light of the barriers that have been noted for effectively developing the professional competencies of Extension educators. With professional development systems changing quickly, particularly through online education and blended learnin...

Ethic is a reflection and mirror image of dominant values in organizational activities and responsibilities. The present study investigates the experience and viewpoints of faculty members of Payam-e-Noor University of Kerman regarding the factors that may influence professional behavior at the stable virtual university. The study analyses the contents of the interviews of...

Based on the transformative learning theory, it was sought to develop a procedure for helping teachers develop professionally. 13 elementary school teachers in one of the boys schools in Tehran’s district one participated in a workshop consisting of ten sessions and then interviewed. The content of the sessions was drawn from the theoretical basis of the study. Further field observations led to...

introduction: a career development consists of jobs that a person passes in order to reach a professional goal. career development management results in job satisfaction, professional commitment and higher effectiveness. the purpose of this study was to determine different dimensions of career development among the staff of shiraz university of medical sciences.   methods: this study was a cros...