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Karen Jensen
University of Oslo, Norway

Leif Chr. Lahn
University of Oslo, Norway and Monika Nerland (Eds.)
University of Oslo, Norway

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. SensePublishers

KNOW 6

Karen Jensen, Leif Chr. Lahn and Monika Nerland (Eds.)

ISBN 978-94-6091-992-3

Professional Learning in the Knowledge Society

Professional Learning in the Knowledge
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Professional Learning in the Knowledge
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Karen Jensen, Leif Chr. Lahn and Monika Nerland (Eds.)

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

The Knowledge Economy and Education
Volume 6
Series Editors:
David W. Livingstone, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
David Guile, Faculty