Critical and Creative Thinking in Professional Development Analysis COMM 600/ Communication Skills For Graduate Study October 20th‚ 2014 The purpose of this paper will be to analyze the effect of critical and creative thinking on professional development. A description how each‚ of the three‚ team members utilizes critical and creative thinking to enhance their professional development in their current careers will be provided. Then an analysis of the critical and creative thinking
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The role of continuing professional development for workers in the Children’s Care‚ Learning and Development sector It is important that early years provision is of a consistently high standard‚ and that providers continually look for ways to improve the quality of the learning‚ development and care they offer. CPD is an acronym for Continuing (or Continuous) Professional Development. It is a type of learning that you undertake which increases your knowledge‚ understanding and experiences
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B112 Professional Studies 1 In this essay professionalism will be discussed as well as reflective practice‚ ethical practice and effective interpersonal communication will be identified and how they promote professionalism in the early childhood setting. Included in the discussions some strategies will be present to effectively promote the practices. Professionalism in Early childcare reflects an desire to meet the minimum expectations of excellence within their jobs or responsibilities
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ASSIGNMENT - UNIT 7 Wider professional practice 1 Write a critical reflection on the extent to which learning can contribute to the personal development‚ economic growth and community regeneration of your learners. 2 Write an analysis of how relevant government policies and initiatives impact on own role and teaching and learning within the Lifelong Learning Sector. 3 Provide extracts from their ongoing reflective journal to analyse and evaluate: Their understanding of the principles
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Amanda L. Miklus Grand Canyon University The Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report focusing on the future of nursing: innovative change and advancing healthcare (The Institute of Medicine‚ 2011). This IOM report created a great impact upon the nursing profession by talking about education‚ advancement in practice‚ and presenting nurses as leaders in the medical profession (The Institute
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Reflective practice – A tool for learning Introduction/Rationale When something goes wrong or something unexpected happens during a lesson or activity‚ we ask ourselves questions such as‚ could I have done something to avoid it? These experiences usually make us grow and we learn from experience‚ and we will be better prepared to face the situation if it happened again. This introspection is generally called “reflection”‚ and all professionals have adopted it in order to improve their practice
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STRATEGIC MANAGERS Introduction According to Guskey (2001)‚ Professional Development refers to the intentionally designed endeavours to bring about improvement and change in the professionals towards a planned goal and vision of achievement. These goals determine what to include in professional development‚ which processes and procedures to develop and follow and what criteria to use to assess and evaluate the process. Guskey (2001) further outlines the following steps
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Define CPD and analyse its role in professional updating and improvement of practice with particular reference to your own approach to CPD Continuous professional development (CPD) is a framework of learning and development that ensures a professional’s competency‚ effectiveness‚ knowledge‚ skills and practice are continually kept up to date through ‘lifelong learning’ strategies and activities. There is not a fixed CPD standard or structure and a ‘one size fits all’ process would not work
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Professional Development Do it and Remember “Wherever you want to go‚ you have no choice but to start from where you are”‚ (Karl Popper) Abstract This paper will delve into the process of an already implemented and on-going proposal of teacher development at a private girls’ catholic school in Capital Federal. The introduction will state the nature of the project‚ the problems dealt with and the objectives‚ as well as the population involved. The Literature Review will provide the background
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in Your Personal and Professional Life Throughout our lives we all experience events that shape us in some way or another‚ it can either be positive or negative. After the event happens often people reflect on why things happen the way they happened and if the outcome could have been different. Reflective practice requires a conscious effort to think about events and develop insight into them. (Mirco‚ C & Hodgins‚ L.‚ Personal Communications‚ October 16th‚ 2015) This reflective practice process is
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