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Learning Through Practice - Models, Traditions, Orientations and Approaches (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
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Learning Through Practice - Models, Traditions, Orientations and Approaches (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Series: Professional and Practice-based Learning, 1
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Practice-based learning-the kind of education that comes from
experiencing real work in real situations-has always been a
prerequisite to qualification in professions such as medicine.
However, there is growing interest in how practice-based models of
learning can assist the initial preparation for and further
development of skills for a wider range of occupations. Rather than
being seen as a tool of first-time training, it is now viewed as a
potentially important facet of professional development and
life-long learning. This book provides perspectives on
practice-based learning from a range of disciplines and fields of
work. The collection here draws on a wide spectrum of perspectives
to illustrate as well as to critically appraise approaches to
practice-based learning. The book's two sections first explore the
conceptual foundations of learning through practice, and then
provide detailed examples of its implementation. Long-standing
practice-based approaches to learning have been used in many
professions and trades. Indeed, admission to the trades and major
professions (e.g. medicine, law, accountancy) can only be realised
after completing extended periods of practice in authentic practice
settings. However, the growing contemporary interest in using
practice-based learning in more extensive contexts has arisen from
concerns about the direct employability of graduates and the
increasing focus on occupation-specific courses in both vocations
and higher education. It is an especially urgent issue in an era of
critical skill shortages, rapidly transforming work requirements
and an aging workforce combined with a looming shortage of new
workforce entrants. We must better understand how existing models
of practice-based learning are enacted in order to identify how
they can be applied to different kinds of employment and
workplaces. The contributions to this volume explore ways in which
learning through practice can be conceptualised, enacted, and
appraised through an analysis of the traditions, purposes, and
processes that support this learning-including curriculum models
and pedagogic practices.
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