Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions

by Donald A. Schön

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555422209
• ISBN13: 9781555422202
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An Eye-Opener for Practitioners & educators

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"