- Hardcover: 376 pages
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.; 1 edition (April 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1555420257
- ISBN-13: 978-1555420253
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Building on the concepts of professional competence that he introduced in his classic The Reflective Practitioner, Schon offers an approach for educating professional in all areas that will prepare them to handle the complex and unpredictable problems of actual practice with confidence, skill, and care.
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This book offers an approach for educating professionals in all areas that will prepare them to handle the complex and unpredictable problems of actual practice with confidence, skill, and care. Builds on the concepts of professional competence that Schon introduced in The Reflective Practitioner (1983).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The writings of Schon are a valuable and powerful set of observations that in their clarity of style and importance of message have changed the way modern schools educate their students.
Furthermore, it gives a tangible theory for improvement in design practice. Tacit and explicit knowledge, `world-making' and the definition of professional artistry are all idioms that we are aware of but do not have a label for in a design practitioner's context.
Schon defines what methods a professional must take to reach a level where skill becomes a habit and artistry results. Although the explicit detail is not elaborated on, in what happens in the reflective process, we do see how `artistry' comes about.
It must be said that reflection-on-action allows reflection-in-action to take place by the sedimentary, accumulated knowledge that comes through experience over time. This allows reflection-in-action by recalling and reformulating a problem, with a view on known past consequences. Experience leads to real intuition in the working environment.
This is the only flaw in an otherwise valuable work, its importance to a designer can not be underestimated.
Furthermore, it gives a tangible theory for improvement in design practice. Tacit and explicit knowledge, `world-making' and the definition of professional artistry are all idioms that we are aware of but do not have a label for in a design practitioner's context.
Schon defines what methods a professional must take to reach a level where skill becomes a habit and artistry results. Although the explicit detail is not elaborated on, in what happens in the reflective process, we do see how `artistry' comes about.
It must be said that reflection-on-action allows reflection-in-action to take place by the sedimentary, accumulated knowledge that comes through experience over time. This allows reflection-in-action by recalling and reformulating a problem, with a view on known past consequences. Experience leads to real intuition in the working environment.
This is the only flaw in an otherwise valuable work, its importance to a designer can not be underestimated.
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excellent thought-provoking book for college level educators
22 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
Intense reading, appropriate for anyone involved in educating professionals for the new millenium. Schon puts forth challenges for teachers as well as students and uses some excellent examples to demonstrate his thoughts. He also presents difficulties encountered in the educational process, along with proposed solutions. Allow several days to absorb the information in this text, but definately give it a try if you are teaching at the college level!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
An Eye-Opener for Practitioners & educators
15 Jun 2005
Format:Paperback
The problems that face professionals (physicians, lawyers, architects) are rarely straightforward and clear. They are complex and lack "right answers." Skillful professional practice often depends less on factual knowledge than on the ability to reflect before taking action. Yet most professional schools only teach theory and how to apply it to straightforward problems. Frankly, future professionals are being poorly equipped for the real world.
In this book, Schon argues that professional education should be centered on enhancing the practitioner's ability for "reflection-in-action." Building on the concepts introduced in his first book, "The Reflective Practitioner," Schon offers a new approach to professional education in several areas.
Michael Beitler, Ph.D.
Author of "Strategic Organizational Learning"
In this book, Schon argues that professional education should be centered on enhancing the practitioner's ability for "reflection-in-action." Building on the concepts introduced in his first book, "The Reflective Practitioner," Schon offers a new approach to professional education in several areas.
Michael Beitler, Ph.D.
Author of "Strategic Organizational Learning"
2 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Look elsewhere for books on professional education
17 Mar 2007
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Schon focuses his book on "reflection in action" and "reflection on reflection in action". While reading this book, he did make me self-aware of many teaching techniques that I currently use, but very little new ground was broken here. Not really worth reading, but may be of some value to new "professionals"
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