Professional Learning in the Knowledge Society / edited by Karen Jensen, Leif Chr. Lahn, Monika Nerland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jensen, Karen.

Lahn, Leif Chr.

Nerland, Monika.

Series:

The Knowledge Economy and Education ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an entirely new approach to professional learning based on perspectives of the knowledge society and, in particular, an interpretation of Knorr Cetina’s work on scientific ‘epistemic cultures’. Starting with a conceptual chapter and followed by a suite of empirical studies from accountancy, education, nursing and software engineering, the book elaborates how: a) knowledge production and circulation take distinct forms in those fields; b) how the knowledge objects of practice in those fields engross and engage professionals and, in the process, people and knowledge are transformed by this engagement. By foregrounding an explicit concern for the role of knowledge in professional learning, the book goes much farther than the current fashion for describing ‘practice-based learning’. It will therefore be of considerable interest to the research, policy, practitioner and student communities involved with professional education/learning or interested in innovation and knowledge development in the professions.

Contents:

pt. I. Knowledge cultures and professional learning

pt. II. Artefacts and professional learning

pt. III. Knowledge ties and modes of self conduct.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789460919930

9460919936

9789460919947

9460919944

OCLC:

823386800