Professional Learning

by Boshuizen, Henny P. A.; Bromme, Rainer; Gruber, Hans

• ISBN13: 9781402020667
• ISBN10: 140202066X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book explores the teaching and training of, and learning by professionals prior to and during their professional life. It covers the development of expertise from novice status to high levels in a number of different domains and stages. The main idea of the book is that the path that leads through school and/or university to professional life comprises a process of continually transforming the repertoire of knowledge and skills that make up one's expertise. This point of view has brought together researchers from fields that are usually regarded as separate: psychology, sociology, management and organisation, and education. By connecting the different perspectives and disciplines, the book lays the foundation for an integrated view on professional learning and development, covering both theoretical and practical implications. Researchers and practitioners in the field of professional education as well as graduate students will find in this book a wealth of new ideas that are well grounded in theory and research.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	ix
Preface	xxi
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Part 1: INTRODUCTION	1	(8)
Introduction: On the Long Way From Novice to Expert and How Travelling Changes the Traveller	3	(6)
Henny P. A. Boshuizen
Rainer Bromme
Hans Gruber
Part 2: INITIAL EDUCATION: ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE TO BECOME AN EXPERT	9	(62)
The Role of Experience in Professional Training and Development of Psychological Counsellors	11	(18)
Josef Strasser
Hans Gruber
The Case of Plant Identification in Biology: When is a Rose a Rose?	29	(20)
Rainer Bromme
Elmar Stahl
Tobias Bartholome
Stephanie Pieschl
Overcoming Problems of Knowledge Application and Transfer	49	(22)
Robin Stark
Hans Gruber
Ludwig Hinkofer
Heinz Mandl
Part 3: GAPS AND TRANSITIONS: ACCUMULATING EXPERIENCE TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL	71	(86)
Does Practice Make Perfect?	73	(24)
Henny P. A. Boshuizen
Fostering Managerial Problem-Solving	97	(24)
Jos A. R. Arts
Wim H. Gijselaers
Mien S. R. Segers
From Theory to Practice in Medical Education	121	(20)
Katinka J. A. H. Prince
Henny P. A. Boshuizen
Embedding and Immersion as Key Strategies in Learning to Teach	141	(16)
Harm H. Tillema
Part 4: WORKPLACE AND ORGANISATION: ENCULTURATION TO BECOME AN EXPERT PROFESSIONAL	157	(138)
Teaching Expertise	159	(22)
Eero Ropo
Professional Learning: Deliberate Attempts at Developing Expertise	181	(26)
Margaretha W. J. van de Wiel
Kim H. P. Szegedi
Mathieu C. D. P. Weggeman
Learning Professionals: Towards an Integrated Model	207	(24)
P. Robert-Jan Simons
Manon C. P. Ruijters
From Individual Cognition to Communities of Practice	231	(20)
Anneli Etelapelto
Kaija Collin
Competence-Supporting Working Conditions	251	(20)
Christian Harteis
Hans Gruber
Network Ties, Cognitive Centrality, and Team Interaction within a Telecommunication Company	271	(24)
Tuire Palonen
Kaj Hakkarainen
Jaana Talvitie
Erno Lehtinen
Index	295