Learning to Be Professionals 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Dall 'Alba, Gloria (Author) |
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ISBN: 904812607X ISBN-13: 9789048126071 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Counseling - Career Development - Education | Educational Psychology - Education | Higher |
Dewey: 370.1 |
Series: Innovation and Change in Professional Education (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.85 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Preparing professionals to meet the demands of changes in practice is a compelling issue for the development of society, professions and individual professionals. A key tenet of this book is that we currently prepare professionals for the world of work in ways that are generally limited in scope and inadequate for addressing contemporary professional practice. The book critically investigates professional education programmes and the assumptions upon which they are based. It argues for an ontological turn in which professional education attends not only to what students know and can do, but also who they are becoming as professionals. In a scholarly, well-grounded account, the book closely interweaves theory and empirical material on learning to be professionals. It provides a fresh, innovative approach to designing professional education programmes, as well as to research about this important enterprise. This book makes a timely, insightful contribution to debate about educating for the professions. |