Education for the Professions in Times of Change

Education for the Professions in Times of Change
Author: Linda Clarke
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020-12-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 3039365150

The eminent Harvard educationalist Howard Garner writes a preface to the Place Model within his Good Project Blog which provides a preface to this timely book. Professional is a slippery term, open to willful abuse, misuse and misunderstanding – as evidenced by the ways in which this chameleon term can be used as both a compliment and an insult. In this book academics from a range of professional fields deconstruct ‘professional’ and reimagine professionals in an age of rapid change where professionals are both increasingly in demand and frequently under threat. Several deploy the lens of Clarke’s Place Model to examine professions including teaching, midwifery, social work, journalism, and optometry. Some papers are empirical and some are based around using the Place Model as a thought experiment. All turn a critical eye on professionals and all find them to be, like all humans, neither devils nor divines (Maya Angelou), but at their best a combination of two indispensable characteristics, trustworthiness and expertise.

The System of Professions

The System of Professions
Author: Andrew Abbott
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2014-02-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022618966X

In The System of Professions Andrew Abbott explores central questions about the role of professions in modern life: Why should there be occupational groups controlling expert knowledge? Where and why did groups such as law and medicine achieve their power? Will professionalism spread throughout the occupational world? While most inquiries in this field study one profession at a time, Abbott here considers the system of professions as a whole. Through comparative and historical study of the professions in nineteenth- and twentieth-century England, France, and America, Abbott builds a general theory of how and why professionals evolve.

Professionalism in Probation

Professionalism in Probation
Author: Matt Tidmarsh
Publisher: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-09-25
Genre: Probation
ISBN: 9780367621940

This book explores probation staff understandings of professionalism in the aftermath of the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms to services in England and Wales. Drawing on the sociology of the professions, this book offers an original and timely contribution to the criminal justice literature, examining the ways in which professionalism in probation has been reshaped and renegotiated in response to the market logic that has dominated public services in recent decades. The case of the TR reforms offers a useful platform for exploring broader shifts in understandings of professionalism. This book demonstrates the ways in which professionalism in probation can be understood as a discourse through which professionals are expected to be receptive to the demands of multiple stakeholders - offenders, taxpayers, the state, and, additionally, the market. It situates TR in a marketising continuum, the logical endpoint of a period of reform that has sought to discipline staff and reshape their understandings of professionalism. Written in a clear and direct style, this book is essential reading for researchers engaged in probation, rehabilitation, criminal justice, and organizational and professional studies.

The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism

The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism
Author: Mike Dent
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317699491

The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism is a state-of-the-art reference work which maps out the current developments and debates around the sociology of the professions, and how they relate to management and organizations. Supported by an international contributor team specializing in the disciplines of organizational studies and sociology, the collection provides extensive coverage of this field of research. It brings together the core concepts and issues, and has chapters on all the key aspects of professions in both the public and private sectors, including issues of governance and regulation. The volume closes with a set of international case studies which provide valuable practical insights into the subject. This Companion will be an indispensable reference source for students, scholars and educators within the social sciences, especially within management, organizational studies and sociology. It will also be highly relevant for those working and studying in the area of professional education.

The End of the Professions?

The End of the Professions?
Author: Jane Broadbent
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2005-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134764308

The cross-disciplinary contributions to this volume examine the changing role of the professions.

Research Handbook on Academic Careers and Managing Academics

Research Handbook on Academic Careers and Managing Academics
Author: Sarrico, Cláudia S.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1839102632

This timely Research Handbook provides a broad analysis and discussion on how academics are managed. It addresses key issues, including the changing nature of academic work and academic labour markets, issues of power, leadership, ageing, human resource management practices, and mobility.

Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces

Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces
Author: Krystal K. Hachey
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 303045570X

This book will make a first contribution to identify the gaps in current practices and provide alternative mechanisms to conceptualize professionalism that is reflective of changing requirements, culture, and demographics of the contemporary military force.The military profession promotes the development, sustainment, and embodiment of ethos, which guides conduct across operational contexts, from times of national and international crises and security challenges (e.g., war, natural disasters, and peace support operations). It is imperative for military leaders to understand how ethos and doctrine shape professional frameworks, which guide the conduct of military members.

Community development and civil society

Community development and civil society
Author: Henderson, Paul
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2010-06-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1847428592

To what extent are the ideas and practice of community development across Europe similar? Community Development and Civil Society explores this question with special reference to the UK and Hungary and shows how community development connects powerfully with civil society, a concept that today has global significance. Paul Henderson and Ilona Vercseg argue that community development is both a profession and a social movement and is relevant to a wide range of issues.They interweave case studies with discussion of principles and theory.The book's critical and accessible approach will appeal especially to students and practitioners.

Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations

Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations
Author: W. Richard Scott
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2000-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0226743101

The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations.