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Professional development

Professional development, also known as professional education, is learning that leads to or emphasizes education in a specific professional career field or builds practical job applicable skills emphasizing praxis in addition to the transferable skills and theoretical academic knowledge found in traditional liberal arts and pure sciences education. It…

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Professional schools

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Professional development

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples74
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Professional development

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related to Continuing · 27
Professional development → American Academy, Chartered Institution, Chartered Surveyors, Continuing, CPD, CPD Certification Service, CPD Institute, CPD Standards Office, CPE, Examples, Financial Management, For, Health, Highway Engineers, Highways, IIRSM, Institute, Institution, International Institute, IOSH
related to Participants · 16
Professional development → Arkansas, Continuing Renewal Units, CRUs, For, Georgia, In, Indiana, Individuals, Many American, Massachusetts, PDPs, PLUs, Professional, Professional Development Points, Professional Learning Units, United States
related to Approaches · 14
Professional development → Actualise Academy, CPD, EPV, Extra Personal Vacation, In, Individuals, Ireland, Ireland's, Like, Professional, Some, The, These, They
related to Initial · 11
Professional development → Applications, Examples, Health, Initial, Institute, Institution, IPD, Mathematics, Occupational Safety, Professional, Structural Engineers
related to Professional schools · 1
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professional certifications or academic degrees through formal coursework at institutions known as professional schoolsinstance ofIt is used to earn or maintain professional credentials0.80text
or attending conferencesinstance ofIt is used to earn or maintain professional credentials0.80text
informal learning opportunities to strengthen or gain new skills.Professional education has been described as intensiveinstance ofIt is used to earn or maintain professional credentials0.80text
collaborativeinstance ofIt is used to earn or maintain professional credentials0.80text
ideally incorporating an evaluative stageinstance ofIt is used to earn or maintain professional credentials0.80text
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Professional developmentrelated to ApproachesProfessional0.60section
Professional developmentrelated to ApproachesThese0.60section
Professional developmentrelated to ApproachesIndividuals0.60section
Professional developmentrelated to ApproachesSome0.60section
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Professional developmentrelated to ApproachesCPD0.60section

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