Developing Professional Knowledge And Competence

List of contents

The Context for Professional Education and Development. Part 1 - Professional Knowledge - Its Character, Development and Use: 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; Theories of Professional Expertise. Part 2 - Professional Competence and Qualifications: Concepts of Competence and their Implications; Competence in the NVQ/SVQ System; The Assessment of Competence in the Professions. Part 3 - Professional Accountability: Professional Accountability and Client Outcomes.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Eraut, Eraut Michael
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.1994
• EAN: 9780750703307
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0330-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, teacher training, Adult education, continuous learning, Nursing management & leadership, Nursing management and leadership