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Harris, Andrew Robert. "Professionals developing professionalism : the interactional organisation of reflective practice." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2354.
Full textGoepel, Janet. "The practice of inter-professionality: Teachers' and doctors' perceptions of professionalism." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489116.
Full textBulaon, Christopher. "Professionalism in accounting." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12136/tde-18022016-114359/.
Full textDe acordo com as obras do filósofo francês Émile Durkheim (1964), grande parte da sociedade moderna de hoje baseia-se nos princípios básicos da profissionalização. No entanto, o significado de profissionalismo é muitas vezes tida como certa e perdido em ambiguidade. O objetivo deste estudo é identificar e, assim, compreender as percepções de profissionalismo, com o contexto do caso, sendo a comunidade de contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo. Uma série de entrevistas abertas foram realizadas com dez participantes com diferentes níveis de experiência acadêmica e mercado de trabalho. Os dados foram então codificadas e analisadas para procurar categóricas temas emergentes e padrões entre as respostas. Os resultados indicam um conjunto altamente diversificado de pontos de vista a respeito de como status profissional é atingido e como profissionalismo é demonstrado. A estreita associação entre os resultados ea literatura existente profissões sinalizar uma maior aceitação social e internalização de princípios profissionais. Profissionalismo em Contabilidade foi encontrado para ser em relação a uma variedade de fatores, incluindo experiência de trabalho no mercado, características profissionais e objetivos de carreira. Comparações também foram feitas entre vários ambientes profissionais, incluindo FEA vs. outras faculdades, Contabilidade vs. outros campos e Brasil contra outros países. Essas comparações sugerem uma influência do ambiente sobre os padrões profissionais ea demonstração do comportamento profissional. Mais pesquisas são necessárias para estudar como as percepções de profissionalismo pode ser diferente entre outros grupos profissionais de contabilidade e como o processo de transformação profissional em educação contábil pode ser melhorado para melhor preparar os formandos de contabilidade antes de entrar no campo.
Rowland, Andrew W. "What is Professionalism? The Validation of a Comprehensive Model of Professionalism." TopSCHOLAR®, 2016. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1741.
Full textCeiriog-Hughes, David Jeremy. "Cultural professionalism : a comparative study of teacher professionalism in England and France." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242300.
Full textLidström, Tina. "Lärares professionalism ur ett OECD-perspektiv : En kritisk diskursanalys om lärares professionalism." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Pedagogik och sociologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-153281.
Full textKanthasamy, Preethi. "Contested VOICES OF PROFESSIONALISM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1227204927.
Full textMossop, Liz. "Defining and teaching veterinary professionalism." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12694/.
Full textDanchev, Delia Winifred. "Counselling psychologists' perspectives on professionalism." Thesis, City University London, 2005. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8511/.
Full textWyper, Dan. "Competing notions of teacher professionalism." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45724.
Full textPryor, Wendy. "Pathology, professionalism, portfolios and progress." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7296.
Full textZijlstra-Shaw, Sandra. "Assessment of professionalism in dentistry." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/8449/.
Full textArnold, Joanna Colleen. "Medical Professionalism as Developmental Transformation." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/203032.
Full textEpps, Susan Bramlett. "Professionalism & Communicating with Faculty." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2562.
Full textBlue, Nathan Charles. "Understanding the Perceptions of Professionalism in Athletic Training with the use of a Professionalism Questionnaire." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1342540277.
Full textGariba, Sayibu Pabi. "Police professionalism : to what extent can recruitment and training practices impact on police professionalism in Ghana?" Thesis, University of Leicester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31391.
Full textNorén, Nina, and Marcus Thörn. "Patient Perception of Dental Students’ Professionalism." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Odontologiska fakulteten (OD), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-42287.
Full textSAMMANFATTNING Syfte: Professionalism är en viktig och integrerad del av tandvården och är ett nödvändigt karaktärsdrag hos tandläkare. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka tandläkarstudenternas professionalism från patientens perspektiv samt att utvärdera om studenternas professionalism skiljer sig med hänsyn till kön på odontologiska fakulteten på Malmö Universitet. Material & metod: En tvärsnittsundersökning med åtta påståenden om tandläkarstudents professionalism utformades för att undersöka patienternas uppfattning av tandläkarstudenternas professionalism. Patienternas respons registrerades på en fem-punkts Likert-skala. Resultatet analyserades med hjälp av kalkyleringsprogrammet IBM SPSS Statistics 25 och p ≤ 0,05 som ett signifikant p-värde. Resultat: Majoriteten av 103 deltagande patienter gav positiva svar till alla åtta påståenden, och endast tre patienter svarade med negativa svarsalternativ. Tandläkarstudenter som går i de sista åren i tandläkarutbildningen fick generellt positivare respons än tandläkarstudenter som studerar i andra och tredje året av utbildningen. 100% av patienterna höll med helt att de kände sig respektfullt bemötta av studenterna. Manliga tandläkarstudenter fick något högre procentuella värden för två påståenden där patienterna ansåg att manliga studenter erhöll mer kunskap och var kapabla att ta hand om patienterna på bästa sätt. Inga signifikanta resultat där p ≤ 0,05 erhölls. Konklusion: Patienterna uppfattade generellt tandläkarstudenterna som professionella och att studenternas professionalism ökade desto längre fram i utbildningen de befann sig. Manliga och kvinnliga tandläkarstudenter ansågs i stort vara likvärdigt professionella. Fler studier är nödvändiga för utvärdering av professionalism bland tandvårdsrelaterade utbildningar.
Yakoub, Inaam. "Professionalism i förskolan : En kvalitativ studie om vad några förskollärare anser kring professionalism i förskolan samt vad deras professionella ansvar handlar om." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-28071.
Full textJonsson, Mari. "Professionalism inom förskolläraryrket : - en förskollärares livsberättelse." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Education, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-1510.
Full textStudien bygger på en livsberättelse berättad av en verksam förskollärare. Där förskolläraren berättar om sin uppväxt, utbildning, arbetssituation samt sin syn på sitt valda yrke, arbetslaget samt beskrivningen av vad hon anser är en professionell förskollärares beteende.
Förskollärarens styrdokument är Skollagen samt läroplan för förskolan (Lpfö 98). Där fastställs det att alla barn skall erbjudas kommunal förskoleverksamhet. Förskolläraren skall genom pedagogiska metoder ge barnen omvårdnad och fostran. Demokratiska värderingar skall vara grundläggande i förskoleverksamheten. Varje barn skall ses som en unik individ och dess förmågor samt behov skall vara det centrala. Det för att kunna gynna barnets utveckling i positiv riktning. Om detta skall vara genomförbart krävs att förskolläraren ständigt strävar efter att utvecklas i sin yrkesroll samt att utnyttja sin kreativitet och pedagogiska förmåga. Förskollärarens yrke består således av flertalet göromål såväl praktiska som pedagogiska. Arbetslaget skall användas som ett forum för reflektion, diskussion och yrkesutveckling. Ett fungerande arbetslag medför ett gott arbetsklimat som även avspeglas positivt till barnen i verksamheten samt dess vårdnadshavare.
Genom livsberättelsen framkommer det att den aktuella förskolläraren sedan unga år haft stort intresse av barn. Yrkesrollen är något som ständigt bearbetas och utveckling är något som prioriteras. Att förhålla sig professionell inom yrkets ramar blir mycket konkret i samtal med vårdnadshavare och i kontakten med barnen inom verksamheten. Arbetslaget har stor betydelse som källa till inspiration och som stöd. Det som prioriteras och värdesätts extra mycket är förmågan att hjälpa barnen till att tolka samt uttrycka sina känslor och tankar.
The essay is based upon a life story told by a practising preschool teacher where the teacher tells about her upbringing, education, the views on the current work situation and the chosen job, also there's an explanation of professional preschool teachers behaviour. The preschool teachers govern document is The Education Act and a curriculum for the Swedish preschool where it is settled that all children shall be offered municipal access. The preschool teacher should through pedagogical methods bring up and care for the child and democratic values should be the basis of the preschool activity.
Each child should be seen as a unique individual whose ability and needs shall be central for enhancing the positive direction for the development. To make this possible the teacher needs to constantly strive to develop her role as a teacher and be able t use the creativeness and pedagogical abilities that comes with it. The job of a teacher is therefore both practical and pedagogical. The work group shall be used a forum for reflection, discussion and development. A well function work group brings a good working climate which then positively reflects through the children and their parents or carers.
The life story reveals that this preschool teacher has had a growing interest for children since she was young. The occupational is always in progress and development is something which is a priority. To be able to remain professional within the frames of the work becomes concrete through talks with parents or carers and through the contact with the children within the activity. The work group has a major importance for inspiration and support. What is extra prioritised and valued is the ability to help the children to be bale to interpret their own feelings and thoughts.
Bennett, Graham John. "The literacy hour and teacher professionalism." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269673.
Full textLucas, Nicholas. "Commercialism or Professionalism among Auditing Leaders." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/772.
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Kanzler, Katja. "Privacy, Professionalism, and the Female Lawyer." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-213575.
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Seidel, Chalet K. "Representations of Journalistic Professionalism: 1865-1900." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1264199952.
Full textRegister, Shilpa J. "STUDENT PROFESSIONALISM COMPETENCIES IN OPTOMETRIC EDUCATION." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1330532641.
Full textNairz-Wirth, Erna, and Klaus Feldmann. "Teacher professionalism in a double field structure." Taylor & Francis, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1597681.
Full textJohansson, Sofie, and Julia Kjäll. "Professionalism bland studie- yrkesvägledarna? - värderingar ur ett genusperspektiv / The professionalism of Counselors? -values from a gender perspective." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-34443.
Full textDet finns undersökningar, t ex från Skolverket, som visar på en klar könsskillnad inom de olika gymnasieprogram som finns idag. Detta ansåg vi vara värt att studera, inom ramen för studie-yrkesvägledarprogrammets examensarbete. Studie- och yrkesvägledarnas kunskap inom vägledningsteknik bidrar till vad eleverna slutligen väljer till gymnasiet. Dessa bör därför ha ett neutralt förhållningssätt när de möter elever i en valprocess. Som vår undersökning visar finns det skäl att ifrågasätta hur vägledarna arbetar för att främja genusarbetet, och vad eleverna får för stöd.Undersökningen bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex vägledare på grundskolan. Dessa har fått studera olika fall av elever, och genom dessa fått svara på hur de skulle vägleda eleverna, och vad som var utmärkande för könet hos eleverna. Svaren vi fick stämmer överens med vår frågeställning, om och hur vägledaren lägger någon könsvärdering i elevers val. Resultaten är tydliga, våra vägledare visar att vi behöver arbeta mycket mer i genusfrågan så att eleven väljer program utifrån sitt intresse i stället för kön.
Bergqvist, Lucas, and David Roos. "Balansgången mellan professionalism och bärande idé : Hur ideella organisationer kan hantera spänningsfältet mellan bärande idé och professionalism." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-64501.
Full textBerglund, Anna, and Daniella Näslund. "Reklambyråanställdas åsikter om yrkesrollen med fokus på kreativitet och kundrelationer : Semi-strukturerade djupintervjuer med art directors och originalare." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Grafisk teknologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-15777.
Full textThe aim of this study was to investigate the agency employees’ different perspectives and approaches to their professional role focusing on creativity and customer relationships.Nine semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six art directors and four graphic designers. Respondents were selected through a combined strategic and convenience sample of nine advertising agencies.Results showed that professionalism was nothing that the respondents thought about but it turned out that it is mainly about how art directors and graphic designers handle and relate to the customer. Furthermore, results also showed that the respondents saw variation as a positive aspect of the profession while they saw anxiety and outsider's lack of understanding of the profession as negative. Results also showed that art directors and graphic designers primarily look at creativity as problem solving, though they looked at problem solving in their role differently. They used the same methods to find inspiration and tackle anxiety.It was also found that the customer and the customer relationship played a big role in the advertising profession and the subject was discussed repeatedly.
Tsehaye, Adiam. "Teacher Professionalism and New Public Management: a Study of Teachers Sense of Professionalism in Swedish Ethnic Segregated Schools." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-231043.
Full textWuerz, Lorelle Anne. "The Influence of Leadership on Nursing Professionalism." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10641825.
Full textLeadership style has been studied from various perspectives including transformational leadership and the components of leadership competencies needed to exhibit transformational styles. However, there was a gap in the literature on the influence of leadership style on nursing professional behaviors and overall professionalism. The purpose of this descriptive, phenomenological study was to understand and explore the beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of staff nurses on leadership style and its influence on professional nursing behaviors working in an inpatient care unit at a tertiary care center. The theory of transformational leadership was the conceptual framework for the study. A phenomenological approach was used for the qualitative interview with data analysis using a descriptive method. A total of 8 nursing participants were interviewed revealing that nurses had similar thoughts on their perceptions of professional characteristics and leadership driving professional socialization. Nurses articulated a practical knowledge of professional activities with little to no connection to a larger sense of professional identity, theory in practice, and ethical obligations to the future of the profession of nursing. There is a noted lack of professionalism seen in the discipline of nursing. Professional registered nurses and heath care leaders in nursing can benefit from this study. Understanding how leadership style can influence nursing not only impacts positive social change and shapes the future of the discipline of nursing, but can also potentially impact patient care outcomes and patient.
O'Sullivan, Anthony John Public Health & Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Assessment of professionalism in undergraduate medical students." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Public Health & Community Medicine, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40754.
Full textHelsby, Gill. "Educational reform, teachers' work and teacher professionalism." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310453.
Full textBoon, Andrew. "Legal professionalism : ethics, practice and legal education." Thesis, University of Westminster, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322990.
Full textHalliwell, Victoria. "Mapping professionalism : a tale of two journeys." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/315705/.
Full textFelipe-Valera, Elena M. "Professionalism in Radiography| A Multiple Case Study." Thesis, Keiser University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13807028.
Full textThis study explored the perceptions that radiography faculty and students have of professionalism in health care. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to understand the substance and the meaning that radiography faculty and students give to professionalism. Learning professionalism in the imaging sciences necessitates emersion in authentic experiences, which the authors call "legitimate peripheral participation," so that skills and didactic knowledge gained in a classroom can be applied in real situations among a community of experts in a field of study (Lave & Wenger, 1991). The research explored the perceptions that RT educators and students have of professionalism by asking the participants to define and describe professionalism and identify what aspects of the professional were meaningful to them. An anonymous survey and focus group discussions were used to gather the perceptions of the participants. The target population for the study was nine faculty members or instructors and ten students from the radiologic technology program of a private, not-for-profit, multi-campus university. These sets of participants were chosen because their firsthand knowledge and experiences of professionalism in the radiography program could aid in addressing the main research and sub-research questions. Both groups defined RT professionalism in terms of respect, empathy, and ethics. Important and meaningful aspects of professionalism included giving competent, compassionate patient care and assisting with diagnosis. The findings revealed that three major areas of professionalism in the imaging sciences must be addressed: interdisciplinary education, intradisciplinary education specifically around professionalism, and the development and implementation of specific competencies that encompass professionalism.
Kolsaker, Ailsa. "Managerialism and academic professionalism in English universities." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2007. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/807465/.
Full textCallaham, Arthur A. "Reengineering Engineering: A Glimpse of Late Professionalism." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31227.
Full textThis project analyzes current state of engineering practice as revealed in the self-image of the individual engineer. A survey of popular engineering literature is employed in order to develop a composite self-image of the engineer: the technical hired hand of industry. â Professionalizationâ is then demonstrated to be useless in the improvement of this situation and furthermore, undesirable in the late capitalist social and economic climate of the late twentieth century.
Late professionalism â an alternative to a understanding of professionalism â is offered as a means by which to improve the job satisfaction of engineers in contemporary society. Suggesting that each engineer is free to negotiate the terms, conditions, and length of his/her own employment based on a personal understanding of the job requirements, late professionalism empowers the engineer to adopt a comfortable position in the late capitalist economy. A new metaphor â the commissioned engineer â is employed in support of the late professional understanding of the engineerâ s occupation.
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Rhay, Gary D. "Army professionalism 1877-1898: myth or reality /." Fort Leavenworth, KS : [US Army Command and General Staff College], 1990. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/u?/p4013coll2,1433.
Full textMollberger, Hedqvist Gun. "Samtal för förståelse : hur utvecklas yrkeskunnande genom samtal? /." Stockholm : HLS förlag : Institutionen för individ, omvärld och lärande, Lärarhögskolan i Stockholm, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1313.
Full textSolovyov, Alexander. "Professional socialisation for social work in Russia." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324410.
Full textPock, Franz. "The infrastructure of professional competence in transition : a discourse on its nature, effects and implications for professional competence in health care and education in Western cultures and civilization from modern to postmodern times." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250246.
Full textCox, David George. "Construction professionals and management in English local government : a triangulated investigation." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4160/.
Full textCottle, Michael L. "Teacher Professionalism: A Study of Professionalism for Religious Educators in the Seminary and Institutes Department of the Church Educational System." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3897.
Full textHolohan, Ronald Hines Edward R. Palmer James C. "The power and professionalism of community college faculty." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9720807.
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Fast, Adrienne J. "Printmaking and professionalism in early twentieth century Bengal." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/53716.
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Robinson, Paula A. "The politics of professionalism, Ontario's College of Teachers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0013/MQ28650.pdf.
Full textFinn, Gabrielle Maria. "Anatomy and professionalism in an undergraduate medical curriculum." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/539/.
Full textHui, Chiu-kit Eddie, and 許趙傑. "Military professionalism and praetorianism in Thailand and Indonesia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950280.
Full textDwyer, Paul. "Community radio : community access, professionalism & technical change." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47417.
Full textBentel, Paul. "Modernism and professionalism in American architecture, 1919-1933." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12561.
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This dissertation examines the dominant conventions of architectural practice in the United States between 1919 and 1933. It proceeds from two assumptions: first, that by the 1900s, both the American Institute of Architects (AlA) and the numerous professional journals available to architects across the country solidified the profession nationally and yielded a coherent field within which practitioners could debate the content of their professional service; second, that within the context of its national discourse, the architecture profession drew inspiration for its effort to identify a social function for itself from the White City Movement which forged a link between the architect and a national political, industrial and cultural leadership drawn together by American Progressivism. The study focuses on the period following the demise of the White City Movement during which American architects cast off their allegiance to its traditional aesthetic formulae but retained the aspiration to associate themselves and their work with prevailing trends in a national political and social milieu. It demonstrates that in their efforts to redefine the terms of their professional service, American architects invoked the popular terminology of Scientific Management, Technocracy, Fordism, and the nostrums of the 'New Era' and promised 'efficiency' in their work and in the industries they presumed to manage. It reveals that within these efforts of professional redefinition, the professional ideology supporting the architect's aspirations for work converged with a modernist idealism espousing the value of technical expertise as a medium of social emancipation and progress. By giving evidence of a widespread and indigenous modernism that perceived a social benefit in the architect's capacity to utilize industrial technology, this project amends the dominant historical view which attributes the re-emergence of an American Modem Movement in the 1930s to the 'diaspora' of European artists and intellectuals before to WW II. This study has two parts. In Part One, it examines first the canons of Beaux-Arts Classicism and their gradual dissolution after World War I under the pressure of criticism from writers such as Ralph Adams Cram, Louis Sullivan and Lewis Mumford and through the work of the AlA's PostWar Committee; and second, the institutional structure of the AlA and its organizational ideologies in the 1920s. In Part Two, it looks more closely at the evolving conventions of professional service, demonstrating that American architects reached a consensus about the necessity of a 'new' architecture which identified itself in three areas: first, in its rejection of the Beaux-Arts method of interpreting a building program through a stylistic rendition of its social 'character' in favor of design strategies that maximized usable space; second, in its abandonment of the visual paradigm of the White City in favor of the expansionist rhetoric of Regional Planning; and third, in its disavowal of stylistic conventions based on historical precedent in favor of styles that both demonstrated a discontinuity with the past and celebrated an evolving consumerist 'utopia' populated by industrial commodities.
by Paul Louis Bentel.
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