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Understanding international students' agency in developing employability: Case study of a post‐1992 university in the United Kingdom

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Employability remains a critical issue for international students in the United Kingdom. This study adopts the Employability Agency Framework proposed by Pham et al. to explore how a group of international students actively exercised their agency to enhance their employability during their Master's studies in the United Kingdom.
Hoang Nguyen, Ming Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

Why do people choose to enter and exit the teaching profession? An interdisciplinary quantitative synthesis

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many nations experience recurring shortages of teachers in particular subjects, prompting concerns that pupils' education is suffering as a result. Researchers have responded by generating a sizable literature on the reasons for which people enter and exit the teaching profession.
Sam Sims   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Allies Not Adversaries: Teaching Collaboration to the Next Generation of Doctors and Lawyers to Address Social Inequality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Recent reports from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as well as from other medical and legal educators, stress that professional training of doctors and lawyers focuses too narrowly on knowledge-based learning, and not enough on ...
Tyler, Elizabeth Tobin
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Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Community Health Worker Practice and Utilization: The Focus on Financing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
There is a growing interest in the use of community health workers in various roles in the US health care system. These workers go by various titles and names -- including promotora and community health advisor -- but all assist members of the ...
Catherine Dower   +3 more
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Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source

Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19‐year‐olds in England and Wales

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study provides an understanding of career‐related motivations of 16–19‐year‐olds in schools and A‐level colleges in England and Wales. The 672 participants (62% women) were asked to complete a modified version of the Motivations for Career Choice and the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering scales and provide comments on
Sophie Thompson‐Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Burnout syndrome in helping professions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Burnout syndrome presents a condition which is caused by exhaustion and work overload and it represents poorly researched phenomenon in Serbia. Particular tendency to burnout syndrome is especially attached to helping profession. Differences among researches when it considers manifestation and symptoms, in some cases opens a possibility that burnout ...
openaire  

Exploring personality traits and mental toughness in early career teachers in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While some teachers thrive, in similar circumstances other teachers encounter considerable difficulties. This is particularly concerning in England, where high numbers of teachers with five or fewer years' experience leave the profession to take another job outside of teaching, and pupil numbers are outpacing teacher numbers (Bryan & Price ...
Joanne E. Taberner, Sarah MacQuarrie
wiley   +1 more source

A survey on tasks performed in eldercare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the Netherlands, a vast increase of the expenses on eldercare is expected for the future. Currently, an IT system is under development that aims to assist care providers with their tasks in providing care services.
Been, Henry, Zarifi Eslami, Mohammad
core   +2 more sources

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