Overview

This book explores the teaching and training of, and learning by professionals prior to and during their professional life. It covers the development of expertise from novice status to high levels in a number of different domains and stages. The main idea of the book is that the path that leads through school and/or university to professional life comprises a process of continually transforming the repertoire of knowledge and skills that make up one's expertise. This point of view has brought together researchers from fields that are usually regarded as separate: psychology, sociology, management and organisation, and education. By connecting the different perspectives and disciplines, the book lays the foundation for an integrated view on professional learning and development, covering both theoretical and practical implications. Researchers and practitioners in the field of professional education as well as graduate students will find in this book a wealth of new ideas that are well grounded in theory and research.

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Author:   Henny P.A. Boshuizen ,  Rainer Bromme ,  Hans Gruber
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.430kg
ISBN:  

9781402020650

ISBN 10:   1402020651
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   30 April 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

On the Long Way from Novice to Expert and How Travelling Changes the Traveller.- The Role of Experience in Professional Training and Development of Psychological Counsellors.- The Case of Plant Identification in Biology: When Is a Rose a Rose?.- Overcoming Problems of Knowledge Application and Transfer.- Does Practice Make Perfect?.- Fostering Managerial Problem-Solving.- From Theory to Practice in Medical Education.- Embedding and Immersion As Key Strategies in Learning to Teach.- Teaching Expertise.- Professional Learning: Deliberate Attempts at Developing Expertise.- Learning Professionals: Towards an Integrated Model.- From Individual Cognition to Communities of Practice.- Competence-Supporting Working Conditions.- Network Ties, Cognitive Centrality, and Team Interaction Within a Telecommunication Company.

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'... it provides an excellent overview of a substantial portion of recent research in this area. Researchers in this field will find it invaluable, not only for the wide range of original research reported but also for the wealth of new ideas discussed.' Michael Eraut, Professor of Education, University of Sussex, UK

From the reviews: ... it provides an excellent overview of a substantial portion of recent research in this area. Researchers in this field will find it invaluable, not only for the wide range of original research reported but also for the wealth of new ideas discussed. (Michael Eraut, Professor of Education, University of Sussex, UK)

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