The Importance of Continuing Professional Development Continual professional development is improving ones skill and abilities benefiting the individual and the organisation. It is also taking responsibility for ones learning. In these changing times where most people no longer have a job for life‚ learning is crucial for employability‚ also as business technology evolves at a much faster pace‚ individuals need to keep up to date with latest way of doing things – CPD can help to achieve this
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1. Social Work as a Developing Profession Social Work as a Profession * What is a profession * No clear definition of the term profession * Describing its attributes * By most criteria and definitions‚ social work meets the requirements * Greenwood’s trait-attributes (1957) 1. Systematic theory * Worked hard to develop this attribute * Continuing – complexity of humanity and other factors * Process of knowledge development (process model) 2. Authority &
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Pedagogical Practices Name Institution Abstract This paper provides an insight on the effective pedagogical practices that can be used in the children learning. Some of these practices include the incorporation of ICT in early childhood education and some of effective direct instructional strategies that can have an impact in the learning process of children. Five common learning outcomes for children are identified. In addition‚ the paper outlines characteristics of effective teaching that
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1-23‚ Spring 2013 Native-English-Speaking Teachers’ Construction of Professional Identity in an EFL Context: A Case of Vietnam Le Van Canh VNU University of Languages and International Studies‚ Vietnam Language teacher identity is an emerging subject of interest in research on language teacher education and teacher development due to the recognized reciprocal relationships between professional identity and professional knowledge and action. While a number of studies have been reported on the
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PATRICK KIOKO KATILI UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI WELFARE ECONOMICS PROFESSOR KAMAU Abstract Unemployment can be defined as a state where by people are unable to contribute to the economic growth due to lack of jobs. These people must however be qualified and constantly looking for a job without any success. They therefore fail to secure an opportunity that can enable them to earn their living. Because of unemployment‚ people are unable to contribute to the economic growth‚ not because they
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geography: mr youngs | Brazil: Developed or developing? | A handbook into the country of Brazil | | By Courtney Duffin-Hall | 12/10/2012 | | INTRODUCTION Brazil is situated in South America‚ and is home to the Amazon River. It is bordered by several countries including Uraguay‚ Paraguay‚ Chile and Bolivia. It has a population of approximately 198‚739‚269 and is home to 13 cities containing a million people in all of them together. The main capital is Brasilia; however it used
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Developing Country: China The People’s Republic of China is located in East Asia. China is the most populous country in the world and its population is 1.35 billion. The communist party runs China and its capital city is Beijing. Its population/ settlement growth has had a 0.5% change from 2012. It is experiencing high levels of settlement growth ever since it opened it self to the rest of the world and made the ‘one child’ policy not as strict as before. In terms of land area‚ China is 9.6 million
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Chapter 1: Understanding Sociology 1. The scientific study of social behavior and human groups is known as A. psychology. B. political science. C. anthropology. D. sociology. Answer: D 2. Sociology A. is the scientific study of social behavior and human groups. B. focuses primarily on how social relationships influence people’s behavior. C. focuses on how societies develop and change. D. all of these Answer: D 3. The awareness that allows people to comprehend the link between their
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Developing skills in a large organisation through training and development A National Grid case study Page 1: Introduction National Grid is one of the world’s largest utilities. It focuses on the delivery of energy (gas and electricity) safely‚ reliably‚ responsibly and efficiently. The networks include: around 4‚500 miles of overhead power lines 340 electricity substations 4‚300 miles of high pressure gas pipelines around 80‚000 miles of distribution pipes delivering gas to 11 million meters
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offering current theories and practices embedded in student learning opportunities. Professional development and mentoring of staff is a vital component in order for all staff to stay abreast of the latest pedagogy. Professional development should be purposeful‚ ongoing and reflective and it takes many forms depending on the individual needs and the needs that are influenced by the context of the school. Individual‚ target groups‚ whole staff‚ pedagogy and practice‚ content specific and faith formation
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