Blended pedagogical practice: experience, leadership, and professional development

Professional Development That Changes Practice

The researchers conducted a national cross-sectional study and a follow-up longitudinal study to (a) identify the key features of effective professional development activities, (b) determine the prevalence of such activities, and (c) examine the extent to which such activities influence teachers’ classroom practice in mathematics and science. Both studies were conducted as part of an evaluation...

Professional development and leadership training opportunities for healthcare professionals.

BACKGROUND Formal leadership training is a relatively recent addition to the educational armamentarium of the health care executive. Leadership training opportunities for physicians, surgeons, and scientists have gradually appeared over the past 15 to 20 years, but information about them has been scant, with few comprehensive reviews made available to the community at large. This article descri...

Reflecting on Experience for Leadership Development

Adrian Y.L. Chan, Ph.D University of Nebraska, 2010 Advisor: Fred Luthans This study proposes that being reflective or ruminative about one's leadership experience can have differential effects on one's leadership efficacy, implicit leadership theories and psychological capital. Specifically, through the aid of an event history calendar, conscript military trainees of high and low military expe...

James Leadership in context Lessons from new leadership theory and current leadership development practice

The Leadership Case for Investing in Continuing Professional Development.

Continuing medical education (CME) has the power and capacity to address many challenges in the health care environment, from clinician well-being to national imperatives for better health, better care, and lower cost. Health care leaders who recognize the strategic value of education and engage their people in education can expect a meaningful return on their investment-not only in terms of th...