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Practice Wisdom and Wise Practice

Dancing between the Core and the Margins of Practice Discourse and Lived Practice

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Professional Practice Discourse Marginalia

Part of the book series: Practice, Education, Work and Society ((PEWS))

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Professional practice is grounded and realised in being, doing, knowing and becoming, for individual practitioners and for communities of practice. Practice is released and enacted through metaphor, interpretation and narrative. Using dialogue and discourse we share our practices and our practice understandings.

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  1. The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia

    Joy Higgs AM PhD PFHEA

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  1. The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia

    Joy Higgs

  2. The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia

    Franziska Trede

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Higgs, J. (2016). Practice Wisdom and Wise Practice. In: Higgs, J., Trede, F. (eds) Professional Practice Discourse Marginalia. Practice, Education, Work and Society. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-600-2_8

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