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Developing professional knowledge and competence / Michael Eraut.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Washington D.C. : Falmer Press, 1994.Description: ix, 260p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 9780750703307 (cased)
  • 9780750703307 (cased)
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The context for professional education and development -- The influence of context on knowledge use: what is learned from continuing professional education and how? -- Kinds of professional knowledge: modes of knowledge use and knowledge creation -- The acquisition and use of theory by beginning teachers -- Headteachers learning about management: types of management knowledge and the role of the management course -- Learning professional processes: public knowledge and personal experience -- Concepts of competence and their implications -- Competence in NVA/SVQ system -- The assessment of competence in the professions -- Professional accountability and outcomes for clients
Summary: This volume analyzes different types of knowledge and know-how used by practising professionals in their work and how these different kinds of knowledge are acquired by a combination of learning from books, learning from people and learning from personal experience.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The context for professional education and development -- The influence of context on knowledge use: what is learned from continuing professional education and how? -- Kinds of professional knowledge: modes of knowledge use and knowledge creation -- The acquisition and use of theory by beginning teachers -- Headteachers learning about management: types of management knowledge and the role of the management course -- Learning professional processes: public knowledge and personal experience -- Concepts of competence and their implications -- Competence in NVA/SVQ system -- The assessment of competence in the professions -- Professional accountability and outcomes for clients

This volume analyzes different types of knowledge and know-how used by practising professionals in their work and how these different kinds of knowledge are acquired by a combination of learning from books, learning from people and learning from personal experience.

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