This paper tries to contribute to the clarification of the problems concerning professional justifications from an ideal-typical point of view, which inevitably implies that it doesn’t deal with real problems and their solutions. The starting point is Freidsons (2001) idealtypical distinction between …

Dit rapport gaat over de professionalisering in de paardenhouderij in Nederland. De paardenhouderij heeft in Nederland in de laatste decennia een enorme groei doorgemaakt, men spreekt over de wens en/of noodzaak om te professionaliseren in de paardenhouderij. ABAB Accountants wilde weten wat deze professionalisering …

As a practitioner, a manager and a scientist in social work for 40 years, I am still intrigued by the social work positioning and legitimating processes. Its recognition by users and financiers is often diffuse and its fragmentation sometimes hinders effective interventions. In social work itself, …

Recent studies have identified that the teacher is the most important factor influencing the quality of education. Following this line of reasoning, it is likely to assume that the teacher educator is the most important factor influencing the quality of teacher education. Although many research studies …

"How can IDF communicate better and optimize their external communication to generate more free publicity?" Over the years IDF has given priority to focussing on their work rather than building up a strong image to the outside publics. So far, the communication strategy of the foundation with the target …

In deze bijdrage aan een themanummer van het blad Onderwijsvernieuwing MESOconsult) over masters gaat Marco Snoek in op de bijdrage die masteropleidingen kunnen leveren aan het ontwikkelen van brede professionaliteit (extended professionalism) van leraren.

In our professorship 'Learning Strategies' of the Fontys Secondary Teacher Training College Tilburg, we stress the importance of practitioner research for the professional development of teachers. To investigate our own beliefs, we started a project in which teachers learned to do practitioner research …

Contemporary social work is subjected to ongoing questions in terms of its effectiveness and accountability. It appears to be problematic for social workers to defend themselves in a proper manner. When they do so, they often seem to rely primarily on a rhetoric of good intentions and are thus unable …

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This module of Professionalism in Patient Centred Acute Care Training (PACT) is part of an international multidisciplinary distance learning programme for intensive care training. Editor-in-chief: G. Ramsay Most trainees are involved in some sort of teaching and therefore fulfil trainee and trainer …