The role that individual learning proficiency, individual personality characteristics, and chance occurrences in the learner's environment play in self-directed professional development was examined through semistructured interviews with a purposeful sample of eight professional men and women of high achievement with no postsecondary schooling in their field. The interviewees were recognized pr...

The rapid development of innovative technologies and the change in social environment necessitate search for tools formation professional competence that meet modern requirements training students vocational educational institutions. Purpose article: analysis implementation foresight sessions self-development students. Methodology: article presents dynamics student participation sessions, an in...

Professional development and professional identity of English language teachers have usually been explored separately in the research agenda. However, there might be a nexus of relationships between professional identity and professional development in the context of English language teaching. This study, therefore, explored how professional identity might contribute to professional development...