Being an Expert Professional Practitioner
Anne Edwards
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Description for Being an Expert Professional Practitioner
Hardback. This book examines the concept of relational agency which, in brief, is the capacity to work with others to interpret a problem of practice and so expand understandings of the problem and work with others to respond to the expanded interpretation. Series: Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Professionals deal with complex problems which require working with the expertise of others, but being able to collaborate resourcefully with others is an additional form of expertise. This book draws on a series of research studies to explain what is involved in the new concept of working relationally across practices. It demonstrates how spending time building common knowledge between different professions aids collaboration. The core concept is relational agency, which can arise between practitioners who work together on a complex task: whether reconfiguring the trajectory of a vulnerable child or developing a piece of computer software. Common knowledge, which ... Read more
Professionals deal with complex problems which require working with the expertise of others, but being able to collaborate resourcefully with others is an additional form of expertise. This book draws on a series of research studies to explain what is involved in the new concept of working relationally across practices. It demonstrates how spending time building common knowledge between different professions aids collaboration. The core concept is relational agency, which can arise between practitioners who work together on a complex task: whether reconfiguring the trajectory of a vulnerable child or developing a piece of computer software. Common knowledge, which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Professional and Practice-Based Learning
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048139682
SKU
V9789048139682
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Reviews for Being an Expert Professional Practitioner
From the reviews: “A well-argued account of the need for professional practitioners to become resourceful learners in and through work, engaging relationally with others at the sites where practices interact, and with clients. The theoretical frameworks which inform the text are clearly explicated, and examples from her own, and other research studies, bring these to life. … this text ... Read more