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midcareer

midcareer

1 3.8
Happening during the middle part of a person's working life
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɪd.kəˈrɪr/
: a mitad de carrera
  • Many midcareer and senior Middle East geographers teach in departments that do not have doctoral programs and do not participate in training the next generation of Middle East specialists.
  • midcareer professional
  • midcareer professional development

Examples

  • Instead, we focus here on student perceptions of two themes specifically relevant to reflective practice as a learning experience in midcareer professional development in environmental education: the effects of the course on the experience of critical reflection and the negative personal feelings some students experienced.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Many midcareer professionals seek opportunities to develop their skills and advance in their fields.

  • Furloughs were not a term used with preservice or midcareer teachers.

    Academic text (2012)
  • At the midcareer stage, when professionals are often in their 30s and mid-40s, the expectations of both the organization and the individual change.

    Academic text (2000)
  • From reflecting on the presentation of Environment, Education, and Social Change, we learned that reflective practice experiences are central to a critical approach to midcareer professional development in environmental education.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The most ambitious attempts have been made by the Aldo Leopold Program, mentioned earlier; among other things, it trains midcareer scientists to talk to the press, give interviews on television, and testify before legislative bodies.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The midcareer teachers interviewed noted three broad categories of change: (1) accepting responsibility for creating an individual path of professional development; (2) an increased willingness to learn from a variety of sources, including other teachers and their own students; and (3) a heightened awareness of teaching in the larger context of society.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The midcareer professional development of environmental educators is particularly important because of the historical inattention to environmental education in preservice programs and the failure of many inservice education programs, to date, to adopt a critical agenda (Robottom, 1987a, 1987c).

    Academic text (1996)
  • At a midcareer stage, he found himself considering a shift to a completely different industry.

  • The seminar was aimed at midcareer individuals looking to enhance their leadership abilities.

How Advanced

midcareer
1 3.8
novice
51 3.4

Surface Forms

midcareer positive

Morphology

midcareer = career (transparent) = mid + career

Formed by the productive prefix 'mid-' (middle) attached to 'career', so the meaning 'middle stage of a career' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Midcareer is made from mid- meaning 'middle' and career meaning 'work life' or the path of your job, so as an adjective or adverb it describes something happening in the middle of a person's working life.