The literature on academic librarian morale is burgeoning, yet less attention has been paid to the workplace experiences of staff. This research team, which included library staff and librarians, conducted 34 structured online interviews with across United States. A theoretical model interview findings are presented, reveal ways in organizational culture, hierarchies, management style affect mo...

This study provides an insight into the professional development of vocational teachers within context work placement, a continuing programme situated in industry. Learning goals, activities, and outcomes have been described based on teachers’ learning experiences this programme. We conducted interviews with 27 secondary from China 5 these participants completed digital logs. Seven categories a...

Teacher professional development, as a burgeoning term, has attracted a surge of interest in English language teaching. In second language (L2) professional development, the common orthodoxy has been one which considers teachers as that of knowledge consumers. It is commonly argued that top-down approaches to teachers’ professional development has done little to maximize teachers’ professionali...

Information and communication technology has been widely used in educational activities, not only the learning process but also teachers’ professional development programs. One of most popular applied supervision techniques is teacher collegial discussion. Students’ outcomes are largely determined by quality teacher’s instructional process, influenced effectiveness supervision. However, there m...

introduction:regarding to the importance of spiritual intelligence and professionalism infaculty development, this study aimed to determine the level of spiritualintelligence, the level of professional development and leadership, and performanceof professional responsibilities as two components of professionalism, and therelationship between spiritual intelligence and professionalism.methods:th...

Nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners are integral to implementing evidence-based practice (EBP). Research was conducted to describe NPD practitioners' EBP beliefs and competencies, frequency of implementing EBP, and perceptions of organizational culture and readiness for EBP. Relationships among NPD practitioner characteristics and organization outcomes were explored. Findings i...

OBJECTIVE This descriptive study explored the reasons for occupational therapy faculty members selecting academia as a career, their use of faculty development practices, and the relationship of organizational culture to collegial support. METHOD Full-time faculty members (n = 191) from accredited occupational therapy professional programs in the United States completed a questionnaire about ...

Preparation for entry into the information professions has always been through a combination of academic study and practical training. Broadly speaking there is probably general agreement about the knowledge and understanding which the new entrant to the profession needs to acquire. There is less clarity regarding the skills which are required if s/he is to function effectively as an informatio...