Practice-based professional learning

Assessment is a fundamental component of early childhood education and care. Government documents including EYLF, QKLG, ACARA, and the Code of Ethics recognise the importance of assessment in monitoring and supporting each individual child’s learning and development across all educational settings (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2009; Early Childhood Australia, 2006; Queensland Studies Authority, 2010; Smidt, 2015). My understanding is demonstrated throughout my…

mainly focused on PD as a key determinant in improving teacher satisfaction, with the belief that teaching practices and student performance will improve as a result (Cohen & Hill, 2000; Darling-Hammond & McLaughlin, 1995; Elmore, 1997). The recent push for teacher development was fueled by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, which mandated that teachers receive quality PD to supplement their practice. As of 2008, 48 out of 50 U.S. states require six hours of PD every five years before renewing…

1. What did you think at the time of the experience? I thought at the time that I may just be being overly cautious about medications in regards to my patient. 2. What was the outcome of your thoughts or actions? (Considering course and professional expectations, what did you do well, what did you omit, and what would you have done differently?) The outcome resulted in the patient receiving a medication order that didn’t impact their blood pressure as much.…

Clinical Psychology The science of studying people through observation, experiment, and investigation of behaviors in different situation (apa.org) is called clinical psychology, which is the most practice subfield in psychology. Clinical psychology is a subfield in psychology that its goal is to change the behavior to its normal form by focusing on mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders. Therefore, not only clinical psychologists treat the disorders, but also prevent them from happening…

examine teacher perceptions and experiences with current approaches to professional development in K-12 schools. This study is important to K-12 educators as it will examine opportunities for teachers to utilize technology to pursue professional development relevant to their teaching and learning practice in a flexible learning environment. Additionally, this study will analyze pathways toward developing new and engaging learning experiences that would not be possible without the use of…

my objectives well and further by breaking down the psychomotor skill based upon students needs and feedback. This unit further gave me a better understanding in skill development by incorporating all all three learning domains (visual, auditory and kinesthetic) within the instruction period, and as a reinforcement tool during student’s practice/ on task time. Pre assessment results underline and further back this fact, based upon the fact that the skill was introduced only through visual cue…

Community Health and Care is committed to providing clinical supervision to nurses and allied healthcare professionals to support the provision and maintenance of high-quality care. The evaluating clinical supervision in community base serving the society with quality health care. This paper provides discussion of the importance of clinical supervision in the community settings. It is based upon a small qualitative study whose aim was to examine how clinical supervision in the community was…

I have a consuming personal goal of proving myself in my career…will I succeed or fail? equate making mistakes with having low levels of ability. This can lead to people playing it too safe, through fear of looking bad. Learning is messy and never straight forward. By choosing difficult tasks and stretch themselves,. This growth mindset could help develop a sense of both courage and curiosity – an important life skill that extends beyond just academic achievement. I have a deep and…

emotions, values, and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individual and community being served.” (Epstein and Hundert, 2002). Professional attributes describes a set of behaviours that encompasses professionalism, such as competence, commitment, confidentiality, autonomy, altruism, integrity and honesty, morality and ethical conduct, and trustworthiness (Cruess, Cruess, and Steinert, 2009). Hence, to exhibit professionalism means to possess professional…

Higgs (as cited in Trede & McEwen, 2015) defines workplace learning as a “practiced based learning and teaching strategy that occurs in authentic workplaces with formal or informal supervision of students by educators” (p. 2). Compliance training that is focussed on fulfilling accountability requirements can be less meaningful and engaging to the learners given that Adult learners have the tendency to be internally motivated and self-directed (Knowles, 1990).. Employees can perceive the…