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1 online resource (200 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Part One Introduction and framing the issues: Outline of the book; 1 From the sociology of professions to the sociology of professional knowledge; 2 Professions, sacred and profane: Reflections upon the changing nature of professionalism; Part Two Knowledge, judgment and expertise: Theoretical perspectives; 3 Abstract rationality in education: From Vygotsky to Brandom; 4 Know-how and knowledge in the professional curriculum; 5 Differentiating forms of professional expertise |
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6 Professional knowledge and professional practice as continuous recontextualisation: A social practice perspective7 What binds professional judgment?: The case of teaching; Part Three Education and the professions: Case studies; 8 The evolution of engineering knowledge; 9 On the cultivation of decorum: Development of the pedagogic discourse of architecture in France, 1671-1968; 10 Problematizing curriculum: Contemporary debates in engineering education; 11 Knowledge matters in nursing; 12 Knowledge and teacher professionalism: The case of mathematics teaching; Index |
| Summary |
It has long been recognised that specialised knowledge is at the core of what distinguishes professions from other occupations. The privileged status of professions in most countries, however, together with their claims to autonomy and access to specialised knowledge, is being increasingly challenged both by market pressures and by new instruments of accountability and regulation. Established and emerging professions are increasingly seen as either the solution, or as sources of conservatism and resistance to change in western economies, and recent developments in professional education draw o |
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Print version record |
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Professions.
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Expertise.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Education.
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Professional employees -- Education
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sociology of knowledge.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Education
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Expertise
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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Professional employees -- Education
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Professions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Young, Michael
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Muller, Johan
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| ISBN |
9781134683857 |
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1134683855 |
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