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Professional Learning in the Knowledge Society

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Karen Jensen

    1. University of Oslo, Norway

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  2. Leif Chr. Lahn

    1. University of Oslo, Norway

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  3. Monika Nerland

    1. University of Oslo, Norway

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: The Knowledge Economy and Education (KNOW, volume 6)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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    1. Introduction – Professional learning in new knowledge landscapes

      • Karen Jensen, Leif Chr. Lahn, Monika Nerland
      Pages 1-24

  3. Knowledge Cultures and Professional Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-26
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    2. Professions as knowledge cultures

      • Monika Nerland
      Pages 27-48

    3. The significance of professional education

      • Jens-Christian Smeby
      Pages 49-67

    4. Knowledge in teacher learning

      • Kirsti Klette, Tone Cecilie Carlsten
      Pages 69-84

    5. Temporal design in auditors’ professional learning

      • Arve Mathisen
      Pages 85-105

  4. Artefacts and Professional Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-108
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    2. The use of knowledge sources amongst novice accountants, engineers, nurses and teachers

      • Leif Chr. Lahn
      Pages 109-123

    3. Good professional work in accounting, engineering, nursing and teaching

      • Leif Chr. Lahn, Bjørg Christiansen
      Pages 125-142

    4. Professional training and knowledge sources

      • Kirsti Klette, Jens-Christian Smeby
      Pages 143-162

  5. Knowledge Ties and Modes of Self Conduct

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-164
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    2. The desire to learn

      • Karen Jensen
      Pages 165-177

    3. Gender, knowledge and desire

      • Monica Rudberg
      Pages 179-193

    4. Self-technologies in work-based learning

      • Monika Nerland
      Pages 195-209

    5. New patterns for epistemic engagement in nursing

      • Karen Jense, Bjørg Christiansen
      Pages 211-228

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 229-229
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About this book

This book presents an entirely new approach to professional learning based on perspectives of the knowledge society and, in particular, an interpretation of Knorr Cetina’s work on scientific ‘epistemic cultures’. Starting with a conceptual chapter and followed by a suite of empirical studies from accountancy, education, nursing and software engineering, the book elaborates how: a) knowledge production and circulation take distinct forms in those fields; b) how the knowledge objects of practice in those fields engross and engage professionals and, in the process, people and knowledge are transformed by this engagement. By foregrounding an explicit concern for the role of knowledge in professional learning, the book goes much farther than the current fashion for describing ‘practice-based learning’. It will therefore be of considerable interest to the research, policy, practitioner and student communities involved with professional education/learning or interested in innovation and knowledge development in the professions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oslo, Norway

    Karen Jensen, Leif Chr. Lahn, Monika Nerland

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