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Authentic Professional Learning

Making a Difference Through Learning at Work

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Authors:
  1. Ann Webster-Wright

    1. Teaching & Educational Development, Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  • Draws on practitioners’ voices, speaking from the heart of contemporary practice dilemmas
  • Integrates empirical research with philosophical insights to address questions of professional practice
  • Integrates research fields of workplace and organisational learning, adult and professional education
  • Includes realistic guidelines to support learning drawing on existing processes within an innovative framework
  • Uses an interdisciplinary perspective with a particular focus on the“caring” professions

Part of the book series: Professional and Practice-based Learning (PPBL, volume 2)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Professional Learning at Work

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 3-15

  3. Exploration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Mapping the Research Terrain

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 19-57

    3. A Phenomenological Perspective

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 59-77

    4. Delving into Methodology

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 79-103

  4. Understanding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Authentic Professional Learning

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 107-142

  5. Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-144
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    2. Rhetoric Versus Reality

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 145-169

    3. Authenticity in Professional Life

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 171-194

    4. Finding a Way Forward

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 195-227

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-230
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    2. Making a Difference

      • Ann Webster-Wright
      Pages 231-251

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 253-258
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There is considerable and growing interest in professionals learning across their working lives. The growth in this interest is likely premised upon the increasing percentage of those who are being employed under the designation as professi- als or para-professional workers in advanced industrial economies. Part of being designated in this way is a requirement to be able to work autonomously and in a relatively self-regulated manner. Of course, many other kinds of employment also demand such behaviours. However, there is particular attention being given to the ongoing development of workers who are seen to make crucial decisions and take actions about health, legal and ?nancial matters. Part of this attention derives from expectations within the community that those who are granted relative autonomy and are often paid handsomely should be current and informed in their decisi- making. Then, like all other workers, professionals are required to maintain their competence in the face of changing requirements for work. Consequently, a volume that seeks to inform how best this ongoing learning can be understood, supported and assisted is most timely and welcomed. This volume seeks to elaborate professional learning through a consideration of the concept of authentic professional learning. What is proposed here is that, in contrast to programmatic approaches towards professional development, the process of continuing professional learning is a personal, complex and diverse process that does not lend itself to easy prescription or the realisation of others’ intents.

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  • Teaching & Educational Development, Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Ann Webster-Wright

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