Developing professional knowledge and competence / Michael Eraut.

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.