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Learning Through Practice
Stephen . Ed(S): Billett
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Description for Learning Through Practice
Hardback. Provides perspectives on practice-based learning from a range of disciplines and fields of work. This book draws on a wide spectrum of perspectives to illustrate as well as to critically appraise approaches to practice-based learning. It explores the conceptual foundations of learning through practice, and offers examples of its implementation. Editor(s): Billett, Stephen. Series: Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNRV; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
Practice-based learning—the kind of education that comes from experiencing real work in real situations—has always been a prerequisite to qualification in professions such as medicine. However, there is growing interest in how practice-based models of learning can assist the initial preparation for and further development of skills for a wider range of occupations. Rather than being seen as a tool of first-time training, it is now viewed as a potentially important facet of professional development and life-long learning. This book provides perspectives on practice-based learning from a range of disciplines and fields of work. The collection here draws on a ... Read more
Practice-based learning—the kind of education that comes from experiencing real work in real situations—has always been a prerequisite to qualification in professions such as medicine. However, there is growing interest in how practice-based models of learning can assist the initial preparation for and further development of skills for a wider range of occupations. Rather than being seen as a tool of first-time training, it is now viewed as a potentially important facet of professional development and life-long learning. This book provides perspectives on practice-based learning from a range of disciplines and fields of work. The collection here draws on a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Professional and Practice-Based Learning
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048139385
SKU
V9789048139385
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Reviews for Learning Through Practice
From the reviews: “Aim of this book is to provide an overview of how learning through practice can be conceptionalised, enacted and appraised. … Those who have tended to focus on teacher education as an example of workplace learning will find wide range of contexts discussed here to be stimulating.” (Michael Hammond, Teacher Development, October, 2011)