Vocational and Professional Capability: An Epistemological and Ontological Study of Occupational Expertise [Hardcover]

Gerard Lum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1847061184 | ISBN-13: 978-1847061188 | Publication Date: December 22, 2009

<span id=lbDescription>The central claim of this fascinating monograph is that strategies for vocational and professional education adopted by the UK over the last two decades are founded upon a number of fundamental and fatal errors.&nbsp; The essential problem is that these strategies derive from a number of philosophical confusions about what it is to be skilled, competent or capable. The aim of the book is to unravel the philosophical assumptions at the heart of current strategies, examine their shortcomings and propose a more coherent account of vocational and professional capability.&nbsp; It will be argued that not only does this have serious practical implications for the vocational curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment, but that it indicates the need for an urgent and radical reassessment of the relationship between vocational, general and academic education.</span>>

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About the Author

Gerard Lum is Lecturer in Philosophy and Education Management at King's College, London, UK. He is a longstanding member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. >

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (December 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847061184
• ISBN-13: 978-1847061188
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,094,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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