Educating the deliberate professional : preparing for future practice / Franziska Trede, Celina McEwen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trede, Franziska, editor.

McEwen, Celina, editor.

Series:

Professional and practice-based learning ; 2210-5549 v. 17.

Professional and practice-based learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional education.

Education, Higher.

Vocational education.

Physical Description:

xiii, 234 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Switzerland : Springer, 2016.

Summary:

This book takes a fresh look at professional practice and professional education. In times of increased managerialism of academic teaching and a focus on graduate learning outcomes, it discusses possibilities to teach and learn otherwise. A deliberate professional is someone who consciously, thoughtfully and courageously makes choices about how to act and be in the practice world. A pedagogy of deliberateness is introduced that focuses on developing the following four characteristics of professionals: (1) deliberating on the complexity of practice and workplace cultures and environments; (2) understanding what is probable, possible and impossible in relation to existing and changing practices; (3) taking a deliberate stance in positioning oneself in practice as well as in making technical decisions; and (4) being aware of and responsible for the consequences of actions taken or actions not taken in relation to the 'doing', 'saying', 'knowing' and 'relating' in practice. Educating the deliberate professional is a comprehensive volume that carves out and explores a framework for a pedagogy of deliberateness that goes beyond educating reflective and deliberative practitioners. As a whole, this book argues for the importance of educating deliberate professionals, because, in the current higher education climate, there is a need to reconcile critique (thinking), participation (doing) and moral responsibility (relating to others) in professional practice and professional education. -- Back cover.

Contents:

Part I: Setting the scene

Part II: Reconceptualizing the professional

Part III: Rethinking practice education

Part IV: Panoptic musings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319329561

9783319329567

OCLC:

945231128