High expectations are attached to ‘reflection’ in the context of individual professionalisation. This is linked questions about design reflection-oriented courses and as a goal for future professional work. And yet term not theoretically defined sufficiently empirically validated. applies particular social pedagogical qualifications, such education courses, pedagogy studies or teacher education...

Sociologists have been struggling to concur on a single definition that can encapsulate the notion of a profession. This paper gives an overview of the definitional problem on the concept of profession and offers a further understanding of this concept by adopting a historical perspective. The accounting profession in China is chosen as a case study, and the process of professionalisation of th...

Ruben Vanderlinde is a Tenure Track Professor at the Department of Educational Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. His research interests are in the field of educational innovation, teacher training and professionalisation, and the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education. Koen Aesaert is a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Educational Stud...

Chiropractors in Australia face some challenges that are unique in their history. The value of their primary treatment modality is now widely recognised. The process of professionalisation of this occupation is well advanced. Yet the integration of chiropractic services within the mainstream Australian health care system remains problematic. It is contended in this paper that chiropractors' int...

During the 1990s Greek auditors and branches of international accounting firms in Greece fought a veritable professional war over the jurisdiction of statutory auditing. This intra-professional conflict developed against a backdrop of profound changes in the socio-economic and political fabric of the country, along pro-liberal, free market lines. This paper looks at a particular episode of that...

Paradoxically, elements of cruelty are intrinsic to the humanitarian enterprise.(1) This paper focuses on some of these. Escapable cruelties arise from technical failings, but the gradual professionalisation of the field and improvements in relief technologies mean that they have been significantly reduced in comparison to earlier eras. Other cruelties arise from clashes among rights, and the t...