professionalization
- noun
- /prəˌfɛʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The professionalization of nursing has led to improved standards of patient care.
- military professionalization
- professionalization and specialization
- professionalization of the discipline
Examples
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But these findings only beg the question about the professionalization of RA service.
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The result was a rapid professionalization and bureaucratization of the field.
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The findings of this study suggest two possible relationships between professionalization and military coups.
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In addition, where does community college teaching fall on a continuum of professionalization?
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Wolfire further notes the importance of education in the process of professionalization.
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The trend is toward continued professionalization and the exclusion of amateurs.
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The restructuring approach to school reform emphasizes the professionalization of teaching and the leadership of teachers in bringing about change.
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Three prominent themes were identified by the investigators: career termination, professionalization, and social isolation.
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Third, societies show an extraordinary degree of professionalization (which some see as fragmentation) of social life.
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Kathleen W. Jones studies the interrelationship of the discovery of "pathological" motherhood and the professionalization of female social workers.
Academic text (2012)
How Professionalized
- Formal
- Specialized
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
professionalization = professional (transparent) = profession + al + ization
The noun is a standard process formation from 'professional' plus '-ization', and the meaning follows directly from the base adjective.
Etymology
Professionalization comes from the words profession and professional, which mean a 'job that needs special skill and training'. So, professionalization is the process of making an activity into a recognized, trained, and paid profession.