Continuing Professional Development, 2/e

Contents:
 

Acknowledgements
List of figures
Preface

Part 1: Exploring Continuing Professional Development
Chapter 1: Clarifying Continuing Professional Development • Introduction • The need for CPD • Core concepts of CPD • Stakeholders involved in CPD • Key principles of CPD • Giving priority to CPD • Transforming limitations to CPD • The relevance of CPD • Conclusion
Chapter 2: Understanding Continuing Professional Development • Introduction • The seven paradoxes within CPD • The paradoxes explored • Conclusion • developing a high level of curiosity

Part 2: Engaging in Continuing Professional Development
Chapter 3: Identifying development needs • Introduction • Developing an "extraordinarily realistic self-image" • Sources of a sense of self • Framework for developing an ERSI • Specific work-based issues • Development issues emerging from reflection • Feedback from others • Self-assessment metrics • Organisational metrics • Professional standards • Conclusion • the agenda for change
Chapter 4: Prioritising needs and selecting appropriate activities • Introduction • Summarise your development agenda • Balanced goals • Goals and plans • Goal-setting theory • Priorities • the final check • Formats for your CPD plan • Putting it all together • staring up the steps
Chapter 5: Undertaking development activities • Introduction • Being a skilled learner • Methods of development • The range of methods • Getting the most out of the experiences we have (FAQs) • Conclusion
Chapter 6: Recording and evaluating development • Introduction • Reasons for recording • The CPD record • Logging reflection and reviewing • Why does journal-writing work? • A portfolio of action and learning • Evaluation of CPD • The CIPD's stance on recording • Conclusion

Part 3: Consolidating Your CPD Achievements
Chapter 7: Celebrating success • Introduction • Finishing the fringe • Owning our success • Acknowledging and thanking people who helped • Addressing the demonic aspect • Letting go of excess baggage • Being authentic • Celebrating completion • Spreading the word • Conclusion
Chapter 8: Networking your future • Introduction • Analysing your CPD network • Creating a learning network through Action Learning • Creating your own self-development group • Learning partners • mentoring • Five degrees of separation • How to organise and encourage CPD • Conclusion
Chapter 9: Empowering career creativity • Introduction • Using our senses to enhance our learning • CPD for visually-oriented learners • Tuning in for auditorily-oriented learners • Getting a hold on kinaesthetically-oriented learning • Further refining our skills in analysis and planning • Conclusion

Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Resources and bibliography
Index

About the Authors:

David Megginson is Professor of HRD at Sheffield Hallam University. He is on both the Membership and Education Committees of the ClPD and the CPD Working Group.

Vivien Whitaker lectures, researches and is a consultant at Sheffield Hallam University.