Overview
- Addresses a topic that is of interest to workplaces, governments, and professional bodies
- Presents a fresh conception of learning through practice
- Draws upon extensive empirical work and diverse theoretical contributions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- Epistemological practice
- Learning through practice
- Mimesis
- Mimetic learning
- Ongoing learning
- Practice based learning
- Professional development
- Professional learning
- Professional preparation
- Vocational education
- Workbased learning
- Workplace learning
- continued education and training
- occupational preparation
- ongoing learning across working life
- professional education
- learning and instruction
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mimetic Learning at Work
Book Subtitle: Learning in the Circumstances of Practice
Authors: Stephen Billett
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09277-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09276-8Published: 14 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09277-5Published: 01 August 2014
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 107
Topics: Professional & Vocational Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Learning & Instruction, Medical Education