How do standards of poetic beauty change as a function of time and expertise? Here we use computational methods to compare the stylistic features of 359 English poems written by 19th century professional poets, Imagist poets, contemporary professional poets, and contemporary amateur poets. Building upon techniques designed to analyze style and sentiment in texts, we examine elements of poetic c...

The Commission on Education (COE) is designated in the Bylaws of AOTA as one of the standing commissions of the Representative Assembly (RA) (1). Its purpose is to promote the quality of education and educational standards for occu pational therapy assistants. To accomplish this purpose, the COE's functions include the following: 1. developing, interpreting, and reviewing educational standards ...

BACKGROUND The theoretical foundations and professional ideals of psychiatric nursing contain built-in contradictions. One central ideal is that nurses should use themselves as therapeutic instruments. The expectation that nurses should have both a professional and a human function is examined in this study. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to find out how nurses experience and interpret...

This paper is a speculation about how universities might organize new lines of business in software engineering professional education. Professional education enables practicing professionals to achieve defined levels of competence and to be certified according to standards in their professions. This kind of education is offered at very few universities. This paper proposes a conceptual framewo...

Рассматривается тематика программ повышения квалификации руководителей образовательных учреждений России, Великобритании, Австралии, Швеции, Нидерландов и других стран в контексте требований, поставленных профессиональными стандартами. Выявлено, что функциональный состав этих требований разных странах во многом совпадает, однако отечественные институты развития образования пока не предлагают по...

Ideally psychologists strive to act ethically within their professional roles. However, they are unlikely to achieve the highest standards of ethical behavior if they become overly legalistic or if they engage in behaviors that can be virtuous in a personal context but harmful in a professional relationship. Such problems may arise when some justify their less-than-optimal behavior based upon a...

Professional standards for teachers are being used around the globe to educate, certify, promote and regulate ongoing professional practice learning of teachers. In Australia, Australian Standards Teachers (APST), in part, aim support from Graduate Lead Teacher career stages. Preservice have been identified as positive about APST, their uptake with at level appears be increasing over time. Howe...