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.
Author(s): Henny P.A. Boshuizen, Rainer Bromme, Hans Gruber
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 327
Contents......Page 6
Contributing Authors......Page 10
Preface......Page 22
Acknowledgments......Page 24
Part 1: INTRODUCTION......Page 26
INTRODUCTION: ON THE LONG WAY FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT AND HOW TRAVELLING CHANGES THE TRAVELLER......Page 28
Part 2: INITIAL EDUCATION: ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE TO BECOME AN EXPERT......Page 34
THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLORS......Page 36
THE CASE OF PLANT IDENTIFICATION IN BIOLOGY: WHEN IS A ROSE A ROSE?......Page 54
OVERCOMING PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION AND TRANSFER......Page 74
Part 3: GAPS AND TRANSITIONS: ACCUMULATING EXPERIENCE TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL......Page 96
DOES PRACTICE MAKE PERFECT?......Page 98
FOSTERING MANAGERIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING......Page 122
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION......Page 146
EMBEDDING AND IMMERSION AS KEY STRATEGIES IN LEARNING TO TEACH......Page 166
Part 4: WORKPLACE AND ORGANISATION: ENCULTURATION TO BECOME AN EXPERT PROFESSIONAL......Page 182
TEACHING EXPERTISE......Page 184
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS AT DEVELOPING EXPERTISE......Page 206
LEARNING PROFESSIONALS: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED MODEL......Page 232
FROM INDIVIDUAL COGNITION TO COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE......Page 256
COMPETENCE-SUPPORTING WORKING CONDITIONS......Page 276
NETWORK TIES, COGNITIVE CENTRALITY, AND TEAM INTERACTION WITHIN A TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY......Page 296
B......Page 320
C......Page 321
D......Page 322
F......Page 323
H......Page 324
K......Page 325
M......Page 326
P......Page 327
R......Page 328
S......Page 329
W......Page 330
Z......Page 331
