Development Of Professional Standards Research Articles

Training of teachers at the national level: problems and some solutions

An essential aspect in the development and iprovement of education systems is the policies and strategies regarding the continuous training of teaching staff. These policies and strategies differ from one country to another in function, being able to be adapted to the specifics of each educational system and to the needs of teacher training. Allocating adequate resources to implement and develop continuing education programs, providing financial incentives for teachers participating in training programs, developing national professional development standards, providing accessible and flexible continuing education programs, investing in research in the field continuing education are some examples of policies and strategies the can be adopted.

Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Learning Needs Assessment for Nursing Professional Development Practitioners.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to highlight how a system-level education department operationalized the 2022 Association for Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards of Practice into a learning needs assessment (LNA) survey. This was a collaborative approach to LNA design, implementation, and evaluation. The LNA conducted among nursing professional development practitioners determined areas for educational improvement, barriers to nursing professional development, and identified standards and competencies critical to improving knowledge acquisition.

Use of Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards in a Community-Based Hospital System.

Use of Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards in a Community-Based Hospital System.

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Objectives The purpose of this study was to provide basic data to explore the direction of practice of strengthen-ing the professional competency of child and youth welfare workers.
 Methods The subjects of the study were collected from 163 child and youth welfare workers from July 2022 to March 2023. The measurement tools were based on 14 standards of The NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Child Welfare of the National Association of Social Workers.
 Results As a result of the study, according to the method of deriving the priorities of Borich need and The Locus for Focus model, the common high needs were ‘Administration’, ‘professional development’, ‘qualification’, and ‘collaboration’. And the next needs were ‘advocacy’ and ‘supervision’.
 Conclusions Based on the research results, strengthening qualification standards for professional development and reinforcement, preparing a systematic supervision system, institutional reorganization to improve excessive workload and caseload, opening of essential courses in conservative education to create an appropriate horizontal communication system and flexible organizational culture, active advocacy activities was suggested.

Designing an online educational program to improve immunisation service delivery for migrants and refugees in Australia and New Zealand

Migrants and refugees are likely to be under-immunised according to the host country's national immunisation schedule and may remain under-immunised post-resettlement for various reasons. In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, primary health care professionals including general practitioners and nurses provide the majority of routine and catch-up immunisations for migrants and refugees. However, immunisation service delivery for migrants and refugees is complex, with evidence that unmet training needs for immunisation providers, particularly in the development of catch-up plans, is a significant barrier to immunisation service delivery for this group. Targeted professional development opportunities for immunisation providers are essential to improve their awareness, confidence, and capability to improve immunisation service delivery for migrants and refugees. We developed an educational program to support learning for immunisation providers and equip them with the requisite knowledge and confidence to improve immunisation service delivery for refugees and migrants. The development of the multi-module online educational program drew on evidence-based web design principles, adult learning theories, and its content aimed to complement general immunisation training and align with the continuing professional development standards of Australian and New Zealand general practice and nursing colleges. Input from experts and feedback from a few selected providers in Australia and New Zealand added to the robustness of the program. This program has the potential to improve the understanding and capacity of immunisation providers, to improve vaccination experiences and increase overall vaccine uptake among migrants and refugees.

Historical aspect of international mediation and current trends in its development

The article «Historical aspect of international mediation and modern trends of its development» explores the evolution and role of international mediation throughout history and analyzes the current trends of its development in the modern world. The article examines the role of mediation in conflict resolution in different eras, starting from ancient civilizations to the present. Particular attention is paid to key stages in the development of international mediation, such as the Renaissance, the 19th and 20th centuries, and modernity, with a focus on the influence of international organizations and technological innovations. Current trends are also analyzed, including the expansion of actors, the use of modern technology, the increasing role of regional organizations, and cultural sensitivity. The article emphasizes that contemporary international mediation is becoming a more complex and multidimensional phenomenon, playing an important role in conflict resolution and maintaining stability on the world stage.
 The article considers international mediation as one of the alternative ways of resolving legal conflicts. The historical aspect of the emergence of international mediation is analyzed, the main trends of its development are highlighted.
 The historical aspect of the development of international mediation and modern trends of its development reflect significant progress in the field of international conflict resolution. Since ancient times, people and groups have sought to use mediation to resolve disputes and prevent wars. In the modern world, international mediation has become an increasingly recognized and effective tool for conflict resolution and peacekeeping.
 Current trends in the institution of international mediation encompass a number of important aspects that reflect changes in world politics, technological advances, and cultural preferences.
 Here are the key ones:
 S As the role of various regional players, such as regional organizations, has strengthened, their influence on international mediation has grown. They are becoming important mediators of conflicts in their regions and can play a crucial role in maintaining stability.
 S Information and communication technologies are opening up new avenues for mediation, including virtual platforms and cyber-mediation. They facilitate the exchange of information and enable remote interaction between parties to a conflict.
 S In addition to States and international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and private companies are increasingly involved in international mediation. Their expertise and neutrality can make a significant contribution to conflict resolution.
 S Modern mediators are increasingly paying attention to the cultural, religious and social dimensions of conflicts. Understanding local customs and values can contribute to effective mediation.
 S Mediation is increasingly linked to economic motives and measures to stimulate peace and cooperation. Economic support can be a means of encouraging constructive solutions.
 S An important aspect of current trends is the development of standards and ethics for mediators. Professionally trained and competent mediators contribute to successful conflict resolution.
 S Modern mediation increasingly focuses on conflict prevention and avoidance, as well as on rapid response to initial tensions.
 У Media and public opinion play an important role in creating an atmosphere of trust and support for successful mediation. Modern mediators are increasingly engaging with the public and using media platforms for communication and influence.
 The combination of these trends points to the evolution of the institution of international mediation towards a more flexible, integrated and adaptive system that can better meet the challenges of contemporary international conflicts.
 Current trends in the development of the institution of international mediation include the growing interest in the use of mediation in international disputes, the establishment of specialized international mediation centers and the development of professional standards for international mediators.

Research and analysis of international models for higher education and business cooperation

Educational services are a commodity that benefits primarily those who consume it (individuals and the state). In the context of this topic such aspects as the quality of the workforce, a high level of income, high wages for workers and sustained economic growth are very important. All this defines the investment nature of educational services. Consequently, education in the context of its interaction with business can be understood as a social institution, which trains a skilled workforce in accordance with market requirements, the state of culture, changes in science and technology, as well as oriented towards the dynamic development of society and the growth of competitiveness of national (regional) economy. The ongoing reforms in higher education still leave many problems and challenges unresolved. The State Programme of Education and Science Development for 2020–2025 implemented in Kazakhstan requires a new level of relations between educational institutions, business, and society. Undoubtedly, business understands both the challenges and difficulties of higher education and in general is ready to participate in such processes as development of professional standards, formation of the content of educational programmes, monitoring of labour market needs in development of innovative education. However, new effective models and mechanisms of interaction between HEIs and business, based on a systematic approach including economic, managerial and legal aspects, are needed. The aim of the study is to develop theoretical, practical, methodological recommendations for improving the models of interaction between universities and business structures, which will allow the implementation of high quality innovative education.

Advancing Systems Citizenship in Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy

The pharmacy academy works collectively to serve the educational needs of diverse stakeholders by promulgating expectations for professional programs to achieve standards for both practice and professional development. Building systems thinking into the learning process, with its associative benefits to postgraduate preparation and lifelong practice, offers a pathway to achieve this educational mission. The concept of systems citizenship has been suggested as a process for helping health professional students incorporate a meaningful professional identity and responsibly seek out an understanding of the connections between patients, communities, and the larger institutions and environments that affect each. Drawing on the discipline of systems thinking, the student and pharmacist learn to be effective locally by thinking globally. Systems thinking, a basis for effective citizenship, is a proactive and shared approach to problem-solving that integrates professional identity with the goal of closing gaps in care. Pharmacy colleges/schools provide an opportune forum for educating professional students and postgraduates with the knowledge, skills, and abilities critical to becoming valuable and contributing systems citizens.

Comparative analysis of professions in the field of artificial intelligence based on the competence approach

Introduction. Recently, the tasks of providing the rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence (hereinafter – AI) with professional personnel have become really urgent. Due to the insufficient saturation of the labor market with such specialists, training is the main way to solve the problem. Therefore, in order to do this, it is necessary to answer the question of how many and in which professions specialists in the field of AI should be trained, taking into account the presence of overlapping competencies in these professions. The lack of generally recognized terminology in the names of professions and competencies in the field of AI does not allow for the correct assessment of personnel needs by direct monitoring of employers' vacancies and makes it difficult to plan the training of specialists for the field of AI. The purpose of this particular study is to systematize the competencies and professions in the field of AI based on a comparative analysis of the professional competencies of the relevant professions in leading Russian IT-companies with the professional competencies of the relevant professions of the labor market of the European Union and the USA Materials and methods. The materials of the study were as follows: data from Internet sites for job search about current vacancies in the basic specializations of the IT-industry. The basis of the Russian list of professions and competencies in the field of Data Science is a family of six specialties in the field of AI, formed by the “Alliance”, the center for the development of artificial intelligence in Russia, uniting leading Russian IT-companies. While forming the list of competencies for AI professions in the USA, the information resource of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics was used; as for professions in the European Union – the information resource “European multilingual classification of skills, competencies and professions” was taken as the recourse of the material. Results of the study. Within the framework of the conducted research, a scientifically based methodology was developed for comparing professions from different national classifiers of professions based on a competence-based approach. With its help, matrices of correspondence of the Alliance's professions with the professions of the USA and the European Union were built. For each profession of the Alliance, the professions closest in competence in the labor market in the field of AI in the European Union and the United States were identified. As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that only one profession “Data Scientist” (among six “families” of basic professions considered by the Alliance) coincides with foreign ones by name. As for the other professions of the Alliance, the proportion of coincidence of third-level competencies in the professions of the European Union and the United States ranges from 0.33 to 1. Discussion and conclusion. The results of a comparative analysis of professions and competencies may be used for the vacancies search on job search sites. A quantitative assessment of vacancies will allow to build a forecast of personnel needs in the AI-field. The results obtained can be useful in the development of professional standards for professions and, as well as educational programs for training specialists in the AI-sphere.

Media Freedom and Professional Criteria through an Analysis of Daily News Broadcasts on the National Televisions in the Republic of North Macedonia

Freedom of speech and expression as one of the fundamental human rights in conditions of a lower degree of democratization of a society increasingly create a state of media dysfunction, informative and analytical reduction and a phenomenon of cognitive atrophy of media messages, especially in the formation of public opinion about significant social issues of political, economic and cultural background. Freedom and responsibility, being two sides of a process in the functioning of the media conditioned by the application of professional standards and criteria, reflects the media culture that influences the formation of public opinion among the audience. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors of the development of professional standards and criteria as a significant communication phenomenon that determines the democratic capacity of the contemporary communication reality and the pluralism of citizens’ interests. The paper methodologically focuses on the analysis of the central daily news broadcasts which are justified for several reasons. The first reason manifests their representation of a concentrated form of realizing the informative function of the media. The second reasons manifests their high rating compared to other programs and is broadcast in prime time, in the periods when television has the most viewers. Attitudes and opinions, among other things, will be probed through interviews with journalists and expert public in the media sphere.

Digital Transitions in Higher Education: European Dimension

In the article, the trends and approaches to digital transitions in higher education in the context of quality assurance are revealed based on the analysis and synthesis of the strategies of the global and European dimension, presented in the documents of the UN and the European Commission, as well as in the analytical and guiding documents of the EHEA. The global social development goals of the UN and the European Education Area are agreed primarily in terms of equal access to quality higher education for vulnerable populations, modernization of higher education institutions to create an inclusive educational environment, and are required the introduction of digitalization in higher education in order to achieve them. A trend towards the spread of digitally enhanced learning and teaching (DELT) in the EHEA covering both the traditional format of providing higher education and distance education has been revealed. The main approaches to providing digital higher education have been determined. A partnership approach to assuring high-quality and inclusive digital higher education requires the consolidation of public efforts based on the partnership of various stakeholders, and national policies and legislation should provide for such partnership and mechanisms for its implementation. The investment approach to financing the resource provision of quality digital higher education involves attracting appropriate investments in connectivity, equipment, and organizational potential and skills for successful digital transition in higher education. Digitally competency approach to the development of professional standards for University teachers and their professional development, re-training and professional excellence in the context of digital transition. An open approach to creating digital courses on platforms available for obtaining degree qualifications, partial qualifications and micro-credentials. A systematic approach to the creation and development of digital study programmes, which provides for high-quality educational content and quality assurance of digital higher education, in particular digital teaching, learning and assessment. It is emphasized that national strategic and other documents in higher education should be harmonized with international documents and strategies regarding digital transition in higher education to effectively introduce high-quality digital higher education in Ukraine and overcome the challenges of the state of war.

Nursing Professional Development Standards of Practice: Standards 1-6.

Dickerson, Pamela S. PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, FAAN; Durkin, Gregory J. MEd, RN, NPDA-BCEditor(s): Maloney, Patsy EdD, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC; Harper, Mary G. PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NPDA-BC Author Information

Standards of professional development of employees: international experience and current prospects in Ukraine

The scientific article examines the international standards of professional development of workers enshrined in the basic legal acts of the United Nations (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Conventions and Recommendations of ILO), Council of Europe (European Social Charter (revised), EU (Recommendations and Directives). The provisions of laws and bylaws of Ukraine on the professional development of employees are analyzed. Based on the analysis of international acts and norms of national legislation on professional development, we propose to identify the following standards of professional development of employees: high-quality training of qualified personnel in accordance with state policy priorities; ensuring proper organization of professional development of employees; equal access to professional development programs; continuity, fresh of the process of professional development; constant investment in professional development of staff; introduction of effective mechanisms for motivating staff to professional development and continuing education; compulsory professional development; practical orientation of advanced training programs. The conclusion is made about that the international experience in the field of professional development of employees is taken into account in the development of the national legislative field. Іt is proposed to launch an experimental project in the field of professional development of scientific, scientific-pedagogical, pedagogical workers during a special period; to increase opportunities for training and professional development of Ukrainian citizens abroad on the basis of equivalent tape exchange with other states; create favorable conditions for private investment, involvement of business in the professional development of employees, etc.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE US EXPERIENCE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE

Ukraine’s commitment to reforms in its educational sector has intensified the need for up-to-date information in terms of the prospects of its development. The problem of foreign language teacher education in the USA remains an underresearched area among the Ukrainian academia, despite the wide recognition of its considerable achievements in the world education arena. This paper set out to explore the possibilities of deploying the progressive ideas of the US experience to renew the Ukrainian system of foreign language teacher preparation. In the study, the methods of comparative analysis and scientific extrapolation were utilised. The obtained comparative data of tendencies of development and functioning of educational systems of the USA and Ukraine served as a basis for discerning future directions of modernisation of the Ukrainian system of language teacher preparation, taking into account innovative ideas of the American experience. It was contended that to expedite the quality of the Ukrainian system of language teacher preparation, the following steps could be taken: adoption and implementation of standards of professional training and development of language teachers; reformatting the content of university programmes by emphasising the block of disciplines related to language teaching, as opposed to linguistics and other general content areas; introducing in the Ukrainian universities education tracks, which open the possibility to choose between the advanced preparation in the applied issues of language teaching or its scientific aspects; updating the didactic approaches of professional competencies development; restructuring and rationalisation of approaches used during teaching practicum, to name just a few.

Legal Regulation thе Forensic Activities in Digitalization

The article is devoted to the analysis some features of legal regulation of digitalization of forensic science. Some aspects of development of professional standards were also considered. The author examines in detail the main purposes of accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories. From a practical point of view, the shortcomings of some approaches to the legal regulation of digital traces research in forensic science.

Development of the Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards of Practice: Overview.

Editor(s): Maloney, Patsy EdD, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC; Harper, Mary G. PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NPDA-BC Author Information

Australian and New Zealand psychologists’ perceptions and use of therapist-guided exposure for panic disorder

ABSTRACT Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has the strongest evidentiary support for the treatment of panic disorder. Specifically, interoceptive exposure (IE) has been found to be a critical component in the research literature. International studies have suggested that psychologists often avoid undertaking IE or do so in ways not consistent with evidence-based practice. Objective This study investigated whether this was true within an Australian and New Zealand context. Method A sample of 164 participants was included in an analysis of treatment modalities employed, exposure therapy implementation practices, use of other arousal reduction strategies and psychometric measures, negative beliefs regarding exposure therapy, general risk orientation, and self-reported actual treatment outcomes. Results Results revealed a wide variety of treatment models and implementation of exposure therapy techniques, influenced by widespread negative beliefs about exposure therapy which were significantly positively correlated with lower success rates in treatment outcomes. Conclusions The findings highlight the need for further research into the quality of current training methodologies, supervision practices, and ongoing professional development standards for exposure therapy techniques in the Australian and New Zealand contexts.

Comparative analysis of application of the teacher professional standard in countries with high indicators of education quality

This article presents the results of a study of teachers' professional standards in countries that consistently perform well according to PISA results, including China (Shanghai), Singapore, Canada (Ontario), Finland, England, and New Zealand. In order to find an answer to the question of what makes professional standards a development instrument of teachers' professional skills, practices of design, implementation, and development of teachers' professional standards were studied. The study included an analysis, comparison, and identification of common and unique features of professional standards for teachers in the leading countries, as well as methodological materials, recommendations, and documents publicly available on the websites of ministries (departments) of education and higher education institutions of the countries studied. Analytical reports, reports, newsletters and methodological materials published by international organizations on professional standards in education and professional development of teachers - World Bank, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, National Center for Education and Economics, McKinsey & Company, SEAMEO INNOTECH, Research Institute of International and Comparative Education, Economic Forum "Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation" were reviewed to study the experience of applying professional standards. The study identified characteristic approaches to the development of professional standards, which allow its application as a mechanism for solving the problems of educational policy of the country (territory); increasing the teacher’s status of and the prestige of the profession; teacher’s career and professional growth; formation of a system for evaluating the teacher’s professional development; formation of ethical standards of the profession. The results and conclusions of the study can be the basis for the development of professional standards in education and modeling the system of teacher growth.

ՀՀ-ում գործող կազմակերպությունների կառավարչական հաշվառման կատարելագործումը ինքնակարգավորման և ստանդարտացման միջոցով/Improvement of managerial accounting through selfregulation and standardization

The paper researches managerial accounting development issues in the Republic of Armenia, analyzes the international experience of managerial accounting regulatory, pointes out two directions of improvement of managerial accounting through the creation of a self-regulatory institution and development of professional standards. According to the author, in the future, they can become factors in the development of managerial accounting, improve both the quality of managerial decisions, and the competitiveness of organizations. Managerial accounting will go beyond the organization and will accumulate information on the capabilities of the external environment. The establishment of the Institute of Professional Regulation of Managerial Accounting and Standardization will contribute to the rapid dissemination of new opinions and experience, to the formation of unanimity of its participants on a number of issues.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL AWARENESS: WAYS OF DEVELOPMENT

Today the development of professional standards aimed at teachers of foreign languages and requirements applied to the level of professional competence are both greatly discussed. It is obvious that new approaches are needed in order to form professional courses which focus on enriching language and cultural awareness of school teachers of foreign languages. Following the changes of educational system in general and taking into account the growth of information and communication technologies and their impact on educational teacher-training courses, the digital environment should be considered as the most appropriate for the teachers’ professional development. Defining the learning style of the teachers and analysing the results of some questionnaires, the methodological approaches to the course have been chosen and described as a combination of the leaner-centered approach (for language teachers), communicative approach, Kolb’s learning styles model and digital learning. Some difficulties the language teachers usually face are vocabulary, fluency, in which non-native English teachers are in a disadvantage, grammar and listening and reading skills due to the lack of practice. To meet the language teachers’ expectations some actions such as supplementation the language teachers with appropriate amount of practice of receptive and productive skills, usage of discourse analysis to advance the teachers’ linguistic skills and enlarging their socio-cultural information with the help of texts for reading and listening are to be done. Moreover, the course includes elements of test tasks in the format of tasks of the unified state exam in English, as well as several international exams of the appropriate level. In the process of studying according to the course program, foreign language teachers increase the level of linguistic and cultural competence by working with texts containing material of a linguistic and cultural orientation. The results of final test and evaluation prove the effectiveness of the proposed and further described ideas.