Professional Learning in the Knowledge Society

Professional Learning in the Knowledge Society
ISBN-10
9460919944
ISBN-13
9789460919947
Category
Education
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
2012-10-20
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Karen Jensen, Monika Nerland, Leif Chr. Lahn

Description

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.

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