Secular Vocations

Secular Vocations

Author: Bruce Robbins

Publisher: Verso

Published: 1993-07-17

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780860916307

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During the 1980s, university-based intellectuals came under heavy fire from both radicals and conservatives. They were accused by the former of betraying their public duty as general critics of society, and by the latter of promulgating radical ideologies and corrupting the young. In this work, the author counters both left and right, arguing that the professionalization of literary study was inevitable and fortuitous. Robbins undertakes close studies of such figures as Edward Said, Fredric Jameson and Raymond Williams, while considering the major trends in contemporary cultural studies and giving significant attention to relevant developments in such disciplines as ethnology and sociology. Secular Vocations ranges over materials from Britain, France and the US, knitting them together in a synthesis that places, in bold relief, many of the major controversies in contemporary intellectual life. It concludes with a plea for what Robbins calls “comparative cosmopolitanism” to displace the more militantly particularist projects that have come to dominate the human sciences.


America’s Culture of Professionalism

America’s Culture of Professionalism

Author: D. Brown

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 113733715X

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America's Culture of Professionalism proves an emerging culture of interdependence is possible if and when enough professionals and laypersons refashion their roles and relationships having both something to contribute and something to learn from each other.


Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine

Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine

Author: Robert L. Helmreich

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 042987345X

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Published in 1998, culture forms a complex framework of national, organizational, and professional attitudes and values within which groups and individuals function. The reality and strength of culture become salient when we work within a new group and interact with people who have well established norms and values. In this book the authors report the results of their ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions, aviation and medicine. Their focus is on commercial airline pilots and operating room teams. Within these two environments they show the effect of professional, national and organizational cultures of individual attitudes and values and team interaction.


Creating a Coaching Culture for Professional Learning Communities

Creating a Coaching Culture for Professional Learning Communities

Author: Jane A.J. Kise

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1935543490

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Build a collaborative coaching culture that ensures all adults learn through activities that keep the team focused on student learning. This practical resource provides activities designed to meet a wide variety of needs so you can choose the ones that fit your leadership style, the learning styles of team members, and the particular needs of the school.


Teacher Professionalism in Further and Higher Education

Teacher Professionalism in Further and Higher Education

Author: Jocelyn Robson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780415331661

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Teachers from further and higher education are rarely viewed together, yet the relationship between the two is widely discussed. This text explores the differences and similarities that exist between these groups.


Reinventing Professionalism

Reinventing Professionalism

Author: Silvio Waisbord

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-08-26

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 074566508X

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Current anxiety about the future of news makes it opportune to revisit the notion of professionalism in journalism. Media expert Silvio Waisbord takes this pressing issue as his theme and argues that “professional journalism” is both a normative and analytical notion. It refers to reporting that observes certain ethical standards as well as to collective efforts by journalists to exercise control over the news. Professionalism should not be narrowly associated with the normative ideal as it historically developed in the West during the past century. Instead, it needs to be approached as a valuable concept to throw into sharp relief how journalists define conditions and rules of work within certain settings. Professionalization is about the specialization of labor and control of occupational practice. These issues are important, particularly amidst the combination of political, technological and economic trends that have profoundly unsettled the foundations of modern journalism. By doing so, they have stimulated the reinvention of professionalism. This engaging and insightful book critically examines the meanings, expectations, and critiques of professional journalism in a global context.


The Logic of Professionalism

The Logic of Professionalism

Author: Johan Alvehus

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2021-12-08

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1529206065

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This book explores common management practices as they relate to professional service organizations. Adopting a unique critical institutional view, it focuses on challenges and struggles in both public and private settings and offers new insights. This will be essential reading for scholars of management and leadership.