Tag: professional development

Comment: Why South Africa will find it hard to break free from its vicious teaching cycle

Jan 22, 2019

in Leadership, Note, Teaching

continuing professional development, leadership, management, professional development, professionalism, teacher development, teaching

There are standards that professionalise teaching and standards that simply manage teachers. While standards which professionalise create cultures of collegiality, expertise and pride among teachers, standards that manage can leave them feeling brow-beaten, untrusted, and demotivated. Robinson, N. (2019). Why South Africa will find it hard to break free from its vicious teaching cycle. The…
Social media and professional identity: Part 3 (Mendeley)

Sep 18, 2012

in PhD, Research, Social media, Technology

mendeley, Online identity, professional development, professional identity, social media

Academic social networks: Mendeley Everyone is familiar with Facebook and many people have heard of Google+ so I’m not going to spend much time reviewing them, other than to say that for me, neither of them is currently a big part of my own professional presence. I use Google+ a lot but in a personal…
Developing compassion and empathy as part of a Professional Ethics module

Jan 31, 2012

in Ethics, Health, Physiotherapy, Students

caring, compassion, courage, empathy, healthcare professional, personal development, professional development, shame, TED, tedx, virtue

I’ve been spending some time this week working with our 4th year students in the Professional Ethics module. One of our biggest challenges is that our students (and most other students in healthcare programmes) see characteristics like compassion, empathy, courage, shame, and emotional response as something that they need to “have”, like a stethoscope or…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-15

Aug 15, 2011

in Digest

cheating, crap detection, curation, curation tools, facebook, friending students, indian educational social network, levitation, note sharing, professional development

RT @kylepace: How Can Web 2.0 Curation Tools Be Used in the Classroom? http://t.co/jRd0oWr from @audreywatters # End of the screen age? http://t.co/YHs3KjF. No more screens when tech becomes more integrated into our lives # Why the current professional development model is broken http://t.co/NiCoV2Y. Researchers don’t necessarily make good teachers # The Public, Playing a…
SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation

Mar 30, 2009

in Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

abstract, blogging, clinical reasoning, collaboration, education, ethics, healthcare, healthcare system, human rights, lecturer, online tools, physiotherapy, professional development, reflection, reflective tool, saahe, social constructivism, social software, student

Here’s the abstract I submitted for SAAHE ’09. It was submitted for consideration in the Innovations and work in progress category. Title The use of blogging as a reflective tool in physiotherapy ethics. Context The use of social software in higher education facilitates collaborative learning practices and mirrors the social constructivist principles of education by…

Tag: professional development

Comment: Why South Africa will find it hard to break free from its vicious teaching cycle

Social media and professional identity: Part 3 (Mendeley)

Developing compassion and empathy as part of a Professional Ethics module

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-15

SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation