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Author Webster-Wright, Ann

Title Authentic professional learning : making a difference through learning at work / Ann Webster-Wright
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 258 pages)
Series Professional and practice-based learning ; v. 2
Professional and practice-based learning ; v. 2.
Contents Note continued: 4.6.3. Developing the Structure -- 4.7. Looking Back -- References -- pt. III Understanding -- 5. Authentic Professional Learning -- 5.1. Professional Life-World -- 5.1.1. Professional Affiliations -- 5.1.2. Employer Organisations -- 5.1.3. Local Workplaces -- 5.2. Situations Where Professionals Learn -- 5.3. Phenomenological Structure of APL -- 5.3.1. Overview of Authentic Professional Learning -- 5.3.2. Learning as Change in Professional Understanding -- 5.3.3. Learning Through Engagement in Professional Practice -- 5.3.4. Learning Through Interconnection Over Time -- 5.3.5. Learning as Circumscribed Openness to Possibilities -- 5.3.6. Summary of the Structure of APL -- 5.4. Learning as Part of Being a Professional -- pt. IV Integration -- 6. Rhetoric Versus Reality -- 6.1. Dealing with Dissonance -- 6.2. Problematic Issues in APL -- 6.2.1. Questioning Assumptions -- 6.2.2. Engaging with Uncertainty -- 6.2.3. Imaging Conversations -- 6.2.4. Voicing What Is Valued -- 6.3. Wider Context of Professional Dissonance -- 6.3.1. Competing Life-World Discourses -- 6.3.2. Hidden Nature of Dissonance -- References -- 7. Authenticity in Professional Life -- 7.1. Ontological Claims -- 7.1.1. What Does "Being a Professional" Mean? -- 7.1.2. Being-in-the-Professional-World -- 7.1.3. Ontological Dimensions of Learning -- 7.2. Authenticity in Professional Learning -- 7.2.1. Mavericks and Impostors -- 7.2.2. Describing the Concept of Authenticity -- 7.3. Transformation Through APL -- 7.3.1. Change Through APL Experiences -- 7.3.2. Transformative Learning -- 7.4. Values in Professional Life -- References -- 8. Finding a Way Forward -- 8.1. Scaffolding Authentic Professional Learning -- 8.1.1. Awareness as a Resource -- 8.1.2. Learning Relationships -- 8.1.3. Challenging Support
Note continued: 8.1.4. Critical Capability -- 8.1.5. Intelligent Accountability -- 8.1.6. Learning Ecologies -- 8.2. Creating Cultural Change -- 8.2.1. Cultural of Inquiry -- 8.2.2. Reflexive Authenticity -- 8.2.3. Sustainable Change -- 8.3. Professional Learning Pathways -- 8.3.1. Interconnected Matrix of Flexible Options -- 8.3.2. Authentic Professional Learning Groups -- 8.3.3. Existing Models for Supporting Learning -- 8.3.4. Existing Resources for Supporting Learning -- 8.4. Moving Forward -- References -- pt. V Conclusion -- 9. Making a Difference -- 9.1. Revisiting the Research -- 9.1.1. Exploration of the Field -- 9.1.2. Key Findings of the Research -- 9.1.3. Continuation of Traditional PD -- 9.1.4. Finding What I Was Looking for -- 9.2. Philosophy and Practice -- 9.2.1. Contributions of Phenomenological Philosophy -- 9.2.2. What Matters in Professional and Public Life? -- 9.3. Making a Difference by Supporting APL -- 9.3.1. Making a Difference at Work -- 9.3.2. Making a Difference Beyond Work -- 9.4. Understanding Authentic Professional Learning -- 9.5. Reflections on the Day -- 9.5.1. In the Car -- 9.5.2. At Lunch Time -- 9.5.3. In the Car -- References
Summary Meeting the challenges of an unpredictable global future will be hard enough for all sectors, but one thing is certain: ongoing learning by all of the professions is vital. This book applies cutting edge educational theory to the concept of the lifelong learning. It argues for a significant paradigm shift from the traditional practice of providing programs to develop professionals, towards enabling professionals' capability for authentic inquiry into their own practices. In doing so, the text contributes much to the ongoing debate about how professionals can be supported in ways that nourish them as individuals as well as leading to worthwhile and sustainable outcomes for society as a whole
The book highlights a disparity between the reality of professionals' learning experiences and the rhetoric commonly employed in relation to professional performance development. Empirical data reveal that professionals take their responsibilities to improve their practice seriously, but consider their continuing learning needs to be more profound than that provided by narrow professinal development rhetoric. The didactic and episodic nature of many professional development activities does not adequately support the multifaceted and idiosyncratic nature of authentic professional learning, as lived by professionals in practice
In this volume, the common themes across diverse experiencs of learning are defined within a phenomenological framework as understanding, engagement, interconnection and openness. Realistic guidelines to support learning, in ways that balance professional accountability and agency, are elucidated in the context of this framework. The book highlights contemporary workplace dilemmas for professionals, including those working in healthcare, who are anxious to make a difference to the lives of those they care for. Drawing on phenomenological philosophy, Ann Webster-Wright explores the issue of authenticity in professional life as well as the contributionthat professionals can make to society
Analysis onderwijs
education
beroepsopleiding
vocational training
beroepsopleiding (hoger)
professional education
volwasseneneducatie
adult education
fenomenologie
phenomenology
Education (General)
Onderwijs (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Professional education.
Career education.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Career education
Professional education
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ISBN 9789048139477
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