The creation of coherence in the transitional career. A narrative case study of the woman entrepreneur

This article analyses the career narrative produced by a woman working as a small-scale entrepreneur. Career and career transitions are analyzed in two ways: The sub-stories told in the interview have been analyzed using William Labov’s structural analysis of personal stories; career management competencies are used in the analysis of creating coherence in the career narrative. The characteristics of career created in the narrative, the transitions included in the career and how the entrepreneurial self is created in the narrative are explored.

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Résumé. Créer de la cohérence en transition de carrière: Une étude de cas de récit de femme entrepreneur. Cet article analyse le récit de carrière produit par une femme travaillant comme entrepreneur dans une petite entreprise. La carrière et les transitions de carrière sont analysées selon deux axes: les épisodes recueillis au cours de l’entretien ont été analysés en utilisant l’analyse structurale des histoires personnelles de William Labov; on a eu recours aux compétences de gestion de carrière pour analyser la fa?on de créer de la cohérence dans le récit de carrière. On explore les caractéristiques de la carrière créées dans le récit, les transitions incluses dans la carrière et la manière dont le soi entrepreneurial est créé dans le récit.

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Zusammenfassung. Die Schaffung von Koh?renz beim Berufsübergang. Eine narrative Fallstudie mit einer Unternehmerin. Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Berufslaufbahn, narrativ berichtet von einer Frau, die als Kleinunternehmerin arbeitet. Berufslaufbahn und Berufsüberg?nge werden in zweifacher Hinsicht analysiert: die im Interview erz?hlten Einzelberichte wurden an Hand von William Labov′s Strukturanalyse der pers?nlichen Geschichten untersucht und die Berufsmanagement- Kompetenzen werden in der Analyse daraufhin analysiert, wie Koh?renz innerhalb der Berufslaufbahngeschichte erzielt wird. Es werden die in dem narrativen Bericht gebildeten Merkmale der Berufslaufbahn, einschlie?lich der Berufsüberg?nge untersucht sowie die Art und Weise, wie das Unternehmer-Selbst in dem narrativen Bericht gebildet wird.

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Resumen. Creando coherencia en la transición de la carrera: Un estudio de caso narrativo de la mujer empresaria. Este artículo analiza las producciones narrativas de una mujer empresaria que trabaja en una compa?ía peque?a, en relación con su carrera. La carrera y las transiciones son analizadas de dos formas: las sub-historias contadas en la entrevista han sido analizadas usando la técnica de William Labov de análisis estructural de historias personales; las competencias para la gestión de la carrera se utilizan en el análisis de cómo crear coherencia en la narrativa sobre la carrera. Se exploran las características de la carrera creada en la narrativa, las transiciones incluidas en la carrera, y cómo se crea el ser empresarial en la narrativa.

     

Archetypal narratives in career counselling: a chaos theory application

This paper seeks to extend previous work on narrative career counselling by considering the role of plot within clients’ narratives. Seven archetypal narratives derived from the work of Booker (2004) are introduced that represent systems of meaning to provide insight into how individuals interpret their experience. These plots can be understood within the Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC) in terms of the attractors contained within the client narratives. Identifying the plots provides new insights into the nature of career development difficulties and how client stories may be reformulated.     

高职院校职业发展教育课程的师资队伍现状研究

《高职院校职业发展教育课程"双师型"教师队伍建设研究》课题组成员对当前高职院校职业发展教育课程师资队伍建设进行了调研,包括学生的评价与期望、师资队伍结构、教师的工作经验与态度、标准建设等方面。本文在问卷调查和访谈的基础上,对高职院校职业发展教育课程师资队伍现状及其存在问题作了认真分析。     

A conceptual framework for understanding children as agents in the transition from home to kindergarten

The transition from home to kindergarten, for most children, is the first and major ecological transition in their educational life. Kindergarten is the first educational setting in which children make sense about ‘school’ as a place to learn and about themselves as ‘pupils’. In this transition, children cross a cultural boundary from home to kindergarten and, in fact, they commute between the two cultural settings. In Vygotsky's view, children are active culture learners. How they cope with, and adapt to, the novel kindergarten is crucial to their ‘pupil career’ in their life‐long learning. Thus, this paper aims to provide early childhood education professionals with a framework to understand children as agents in the transition from home to kindergarten. This paper begins with a review of the concept of transition. It then presents a conceptual framework of the understanding of children as agents in the transition from home to kindergarten. Major elements of the conceptual framework are derived from sociocultural theory, and analyses of ‘rites of passage’ and ‘pupil career’. This highlights the relationships between layers of context, stages of transition, and adaptation outcomes.     

Pre-service teachers' reasons for choosing teaching as a career in Singapore

As the national teacher education institute in Singapore, the National Institute of Education (NIE) prepares all teachers seeking to be employed within the education service in Singapore. In the last decade, NIE's enrolment for initial teacher preparation programmes has grown significantly, with peaks in numbers during the recession years. There is also some evidence of attrition when beginning teachers complete their 3-year bond with the Ministry of Education, which sponsors their teacher education programme. It is thus important to determine empirically the reasons why pre-service teachers join the teaching profession, to see whether this can inform us about measures that can be taken to ensure they stay on in the profession. As part of a longitudinal study on beginning teachers' attitudes towards teaching and professional development, a research survey, the first of three data collections, was administered to whole cohorts of pre-service teachers entering NIE's three main teacher preparation programmes in July 2004. This paper presents the survey findings on pre-service teachers' reasons for choosing teaching as a career and discusses the differences between cohorts of different programmes. The implications of the study are discussed in terms of informing future policy and practice in the areas of teacher recruitment, retention and professional development.     

The academic career: contradiction as a key player in nursing education

ABSTRACT

Background: Within Europe, substantial changes in academia in recent years have transformed the work of academic nurses. The most important change has been a result of the Bologna Process, launched in 1999, as it has led to the implementation of significant reforms to higher education across participating European countries.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a theoretical understanding of the effect of the Bologna Process on academic nurses’ professional development and explore academic nurses’ perceptions of the challenges and opportunities they encounter in the teaching and research arena.

Method: A qualitative study was conducted. The participants were eight academic nurses and data were collected through 24 in-depth, semi-structured weekly interviews. The analysis was performed using the constant comparative method, leading to the construction of categories based on the constant comparison of similarities and differences between the participants.

Findings: The coding process led to the identification and interpretation of the core category. This category, identified as ‘The academic career: Contradiction as a key player’, emerged as a result of analysis of the interaction of four categories: (1) opportunity for change, (2) unnecessary difficulties, (3) growth of the discipline and (4) institutional requirements. Findings indicated that the academic nurses in the study viewed the Bologna Process positively but noted several obstacles to its implementation. According to the participants, the changes also led to conflict in terms of their work–life balance.

Conclusions: This study is of relevance to nursing education and to clinical nursing practice. It suggests that the implementation of the Bologna Process in nursing studies has helped nurses to regard research as part of their autonomous professional role, and to be aware that research contributes to improve clinical practice, providing an evidence base on which to design and assess nursing interventions. However, the notion that academic nurses consider research within a contradiction paradigm is a potential barrier to the advancement of nursing science and evidence-based practice.     

远程教育导学的课程化现状及思考

远程教育导学是远程教育的重要环节,在整个远程教学体系中居于先导地位,直接影响学生的远程学习。远程教育导学也有课程化的必要性,通过远程教育导学的课程化,可以保障导学的时间、过程、专业性及参与度。远程教育导学的现状调研显示了课程化的趋势,为促进远程教育导学工作的开展,需要及时更新导学内容,加强学习能力培养,促进资源的共建共享。     

开放教育课程建设的现状分析与问题思考——以江苏广播电视大学为分析样本

网络课程建设是远程开放教育得以开展的前提。在目前的网络课程建设中,仍然存在思想认识不统一、定位及要求不明确、课程设计的关键点模糊、支持服务不够充分等问题。因此,统一思想认识,开展教育思想讨论,进行系列专题培训,完善各项制度建设是改善目前状况的出发点。     

高职高专外国文学精品课程建设对教师成长的意义

高职高专外国文学精品课程建设对于全面提高教师素质,促进教师成长有着重大意义。本文试图从目标方向、全面发展、角色转化、意识观念、自我构建、骨干培养、监督体制七个方面加以论述。     

国家精品课程——《微积分》建设的探索与实践

中国科学技术大学的微积分课程建设工作始于1958年,经过近50年的努力,于2004年分别被评为省级精品课程和国家级精品课程。本文重点介绍我们在这门课程建设中的几点探索性做法：微积分课程在我校的定位,微积分课程的教材建设和第二课堂教学的开展及其教师队伍建设等。     

新建本科院校古代汉语课程现状分析及发展思考——以钦州学院为例

钦州学院的古代汉语课程是学校的一门精品课、品牌课,近年来课程建设取得了较好的成绩。但由于各方面因素的影响,目前该课程的进一步发展还存在一些亟待解决的突出问题。问题的解决,需要从认清学校办学定位和学生层次水平、拓展教师知识面、端正学生学习思想、探究多媒体课件的制作模式、推广并完善精品课程网站、优化配套选修课、加强课程实践性教学环节建设等方面进行努力。     

理工科专业《现代生命科学导论》公选课教学探讨

生命科学与理工科专业交互性强,学科之间的渗透有利于促进各学科的发展和科技创新。在理工科各专业开设《现代生命科学导论》公选课,要注重教学内容的选择、教学方法和手段的运用。     

高师公共心理学课程与教学改革——基于后现代知识型的视角

基于后现代知识型的视角,高师公共心理学课程目标应为培养学生成为自我完善的人。课程内容应回归生活世界,加强心理知识与生活世界的联系。课堂教学应从事先预设走向意义生成,从认知活动走向交往活动。教学评价注重学生对课程知识的独特理解、阐释、质疑、批判和应用,促进学生的充分发展。     

全程参与式实验教学对学生能力培养的尝试

本文论述了在高职医学检验专业中实施全程参与式实验教学的新型实验教学方法，并对其教学效果作出评价。     

Life cycle assessment in the environmental impact evaluation of urban development—a case study of land readjustment project, hyogo District, Japan

In this paper, the Life Cycle of Urban Development was firstly analyzed, and the phases of Life Cycle Assessment applied to Urban Development (ULCA) were described. As a case study, ULCA was applied in the environmental impact assessment of the land readjustment project of Hyogo District of Saga, Japan. In addition, mitigation proposals for reducing CO2 were also presented and the relevant environmental effects were simulated.     

科技发展在构建社会主义和谐社会中的现实价值

科学技术的发展带来了生产力的飞速发展,带来了生产关系的深刻变革,造成了社会结构的深层次变化,致使各种利益矛盾冲突摩擦凸显,对和谐社会的构建造成极大的威胁。社会主义和谐社会的掏建依赖政府有效解决冲突的良性运行机制。现代科学技术的发展必将为社会主义和谐社会的构建作出积极贡献。     

关于理工科院校翻译选修教学的思考

完整的大学英语教学应该包括大学英语翻译教学。目前,我国的高校,尤其是理工科院校的大学英语教学中却未对大学英语翻译教学引起足够的重视。开设翻译选修课可以部分地缓解理工科院校翻译教学需求的矛盾。介绍了大学英语翻译教学缺失的主客观原因,论述了理工科高校开设翻译选修课的必然性,最后提出了翻译选修课教学的对策。     

在新一轮课程改革中高中美术教师应该具备的素质

伴随着高中美术新一轮课程改革的到来,素质教育被提到了日益重要的地位.高中美术教师迎来了更艰巨、更紧迫的挑战,最重要的任务是担负起美育的传授工作,给学生传授艺术知识,提高学生审美能力,使学生成为具有高深的艺术修养和优良素质的合格人才.伦理学、美学研究表明,人类在创造财富的同时也创造着美,美在不断发展变化中.因此,提高和完...     

树立和落实科学发展观推动学校事业全面协调发展

坚持以人为本,树立全面、协调、可持续的发展观,是党的十六届三中全会提出的统领全社会发展的重要指导思想,也是高等教育进一步发展的指导方针。20世纪90年代末以来,河南理工大学树立和落实科学发展观,坚持“以师生为主体”的办学思想,坚持为行业和地方经济建设服务并重,全面加强内涵建设,并将继续推动学校各项事业全面协调发展。     

高师公共心理学教学改革的探索

在分析当前高师公共心理学课堂教学现状及其成因的基础上,就高师公共课心理学教学方法改革的具体实践进行了探索,即围绕问题,展开教学;理论联系实际,让学生学以致用;师生互动,开展心理训练,以期引起教师对教学方法改革的关注。