Developing Professional Knowledge And Competence

This volume analyzes different types of knowledge and know-how used by practising professionals in their work and how these different kinds of knowledge are acquired by a combination of learning from books, learning from people and learning from personal experience.; Drawing on various examples, problems addressed include the way theory changes and is personalized in practice, and how individuals form generalizations out of their practice. Eraut considers the meaning of client-centredness and its implications, and to what extent professional knowledge is based on intuition, understanding and learning. He considers the issue of competence versus knowledge and the effect of lifelong learning on the quality of practice. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of Tables and Figures......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 The Context for Professional Education and Development......Page 12 Professional Knowledge: Its Character, Development and Use......Page 30 The Influence of Context on Knowledge Use: What Is Learned from Continuing Professional Education and How?......Page 36 Kinds of Professional Knowledge: Modes of Knowledge Use and Knowledge Creation......Page 51 The Acquisition and Use of Theory by Beginning Teachers......Page 70 Headteachers Learning about Management: Types of Management Knowledge and the Role of the Management Course......Page 86 Learning Professional Processes: Public Knowledge and Personal Experience......Page 111 Theories of Professional Expertise......Page 134 Professional Competence and Qualifications......Page 170 Concepts of Competence and their Implications......Page 174 Competence in the NVQ/SVQ System......Page 193 The Assessment of Competence in the Professions......Page 210 Professional Accountability......Page 232 Professional Accountability and Outcomes for Clients......Page 234 Appendix 1......Page 253