Individual and Social Influences on Professional Learning: Supporting the Acquisition and Maintenance of Expertise

ISBN-13: 9783319970394 Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication date: 11/02/2018 Series: Professional and Practice-based Learning , #24 Edition description: 1st ed. 2018 Pages: 218 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) This book examines professional learning and relates it to the acquisition of expertise, and the influence of individuals. Professional learning, as discussed in the book, comprises all kinds of occupational domains because employment and paid work usually follow the achievement principle, i.e. workers are expected to perform efficiently. The book suggests that the perspective of expertise research is an appropriate lens to use for gaining insight in how individuals can be prepared and enabled to autonomously master the requirements of daily working life. Expertise is understood as the capacity to reliably perform on an extraordinary level, and the basic assumption is that experts are best prepared to successfully cope with future challenges at wor