Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education: Innovation, Knowledgeable Action and Actionable Knowledge
Peter Goodyear
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Description for Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education: Innovation, Knowledgeable Action and Actionable Knowledge
Hardback. This book draws on a 4-year study of boundaries between university-based professional education and professional practice, analysing the epistemic nature of professional work and identifying sources of capability needed for people to engage successfully in it. Series: Professional and Practice-Based Learning. Num Pages: 200 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. .
This book, by combining sociocultural, material, cognitive and embodied perspectives on human knowing, offers a new and powerful conceptualisation of epistemic fluency - a capacity that underpins knowledgeable professional action and innovation. Using results from empirical studies of professional education programs, the book sheds light on practical ways in which the development of epistemic fluency can be recognised and supported - in higher education and in the transition to work. The book provides a broader and deeper conception of epistemic fluency than previously available in the literature. Epistemic fluency involves a set of capabilities that allow people to recognize ... Read more
This book, by combining sociocultural, material, cognitive and embodied perspectives on human knowing, offers a new and powerful conceptualisation of epistemic fluency - a capacity that underpins knowledgeable professional action and innovation. Using results from empirical studies of professional education programs, the book sheds light on practical ways in which the development of epistemic fluency can be recognised and supported - in higher education and in the transition to work. The book provides a broader and deeper conception of epistemic fluency than previously available in the literature. Epistemic fluency involves a set of capabilities that allow people to recognize ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Professional and Practice-Based Learning
Number of Pages
636
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400743687
SKU
V9789400743687
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Ref
99-15
About Peter Goodyear
Lina Markauskaite is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Research on Computer Supported Learning and Cognition (CoCo), the University of Sydney. Lina has been carrying out studies in the areas technology-enhanced teaching and learning, professional knowledge and methodological innovation since the mid 90s. She has published more than 75 refereed papers and an edited book. Her most recent work ... Read more
Reviews for Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education: Innovation, Knowledgeable Action and Actionable Knowledge
For educators of pre-service or in-service teachers, this book is even more important as it offers an alternative to conventional understandings of cognition and learning, and an array of strategies that may also be relevant to the way we teach in secondary and primary contexts. ... I highly recommend this book for researchers and educators who are involved in professional ... Read more