Towards an etiological model of self-directed professional development

Bouchard, P. (1996). Towards an etiological model of self-directed professional development. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Ottawa, Ont.

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author = {Bouchard, Paul},
date-added = {2012-04-04 18:42:21 +0000},
date-modified = {2013-01-14 21:08:14 +0000},
date-read = {2012-04-04 17:39:37 -0400},
journal = {Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Ottawa, Ont},
notes = {1},
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title = {Towards an etiological model of self-directed professional development},
year = {1996},
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Key ideas merged with Bouchard, 1996Bouchard, P. (1996). A Study of Self-Directed Professionals of High Attainment.

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The learner's needs and aspirations revolved around a deeply felt drive for professional development. One informant learned a computer language in record time, because he desperately needed a summer job; another, knowing that he would be laid off, studied accounting in his spare time in order to start his own business. One informant, after the birth of her child, quit her job as a baker and started a media technology trade magazine (“I needed more flexible hours”). p. 4