Being an Expert Professional Practitioner: The Relational Turn in Expertise / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9789048139682 Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication date: 08/19/2010 Series: Professional and Practice-based Learning , #3 Edition description: 2010 Pages: 172 Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d) Professionals deal with complex problems which require working with the expertise of others, but being able to collaborate resourcefully with others is an additional form of expertise. This book draws on a series of research studies to explain what is involved in the new concept of working relationally across practices. It demonstrates how spending time building common knowledge between different professions aids collaboration. The core concept is relational agency, which can arise between practitioners who work together on a complex task: whether reconfiguring the trajectory of a vulnerable child or developing a piece of computer software. Common knowledge, which captures the motives and values of each profession, is essential for the exercise of relational agency