Search for dissertations about: "Continuing Professional Development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words Continuing Professional Development.

2. 1. Development and Autonomy : Conceptualising teachers’ continuing professional development in different national contexts

   Author : Wieland Wermke; Viveca Lindberg; Tore West; Karin Rönnerman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Teachers continuing professional development; CPD; Teacher autonomy; Teacher professionalism; Comparative education; Germany; Sweden; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates teachers’ perceptions of continuing professional development (CPD) in Germany and Sweden with a questionnaire study comprising a total of 711 mainly lower secondary teachers. Three conceptual terms are elaborated and explained. READ MORE

4. 2. Teacher Change in relation to Professional Development in Entrepreneurial Learning

   Author : Helena Sagar; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; teacher professional development; entrepreneurial learning; science and technology education; authentic learning;

   Abstract : Abstract Compulsory school teachers’ perceptions and change in relation to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in entrepreneurial learning are investigated in this thesis. The teacher level focus is based on evidence pointing to the teacher’s strong impact on student interest and learning and the teacher as the single most influential actor on the implemented curriculum. READ MORE

5. 3. Being a physiotherapist : professional role, utilization of time an d vocational strategies

   Author : Birgitta Bergman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical therapists; physical therapy; professional competence; professional practice; workload measurement; MCA; qualitative studies; employee orientation;

   Abstract : In a research series carried out between 1984 and 1988 in the county of Västerbotten in northern Sweden, various aspects of the professional role and work of physiotherapists were studied. A variety of research methods were used: questionnaires (n = 163), a time budget study (n = 149), and a qualitative interview (n = 24). READ MORE

6. 4. Turning understanding into clinical practice : an intervention in continuing professional development based on readiness to change

   Author : Mandana Shirazi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Continuing Professional Development; Continuing Medical Education; Stages of change; Depression; Primary care and Iran;

   Abstract : BACKGROUND: Current continuing medical education (CME) programmes are often insufficient in changing doctors performance, and there is a need to improve CME and shift toward a more comprehensive continuing professional development (CPD).The aim of this study was to develop and assess the effects of an educational intervention, based on a modified stages-of-change model, on general physicians stages of readiness to change, knowledge, attitudes and performance regarding management of depressive disorders in Iran. READ MORE

7. 5. HOUSE MASTER SCHOOL: Career Model for Education and Training in Integrated and Sustainable Conservation of Built Environments

   Author : Erika Johansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; transdisciplinary case study research; community action; Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; sustainability science; organizational learning; triple helix; training; educational systems design; construction; lifelong learning; integrated conservation; socio-ecological approach; systemic approach; sustainable development; craftsmanship training; crafts; career and workforce development; action research; education;

   Abstract : Based on a participatory action research methodology and approach (AR), this dissertation explores the core theoretical problems and opportunities of education and learning for sustainable development (ESD) within the cross-disciplinary area of integrated and sustainable conservation of built environments. The main purpose has been to develop an epistemological framework for integrated lifelong learning, ethics and advanced research (R&D) and to provide a new sustainable education and career model for the field to be applied in the Dalecarlia region and on a national level within the Swedish construction industry at large; i. READ MORE