Theory in Practice
Increasing Professional Effectiveness
1st Edition
Published on 3. February 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-55542-446-6 (ISBN)
Description
"This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide tothe reform of professional education. It is also a beacon totheoretical thinking about human organizations, about theirinterdepAndence with the social structure of the professions, andabout theory in practice."
-- Journal of Higher Education
-- Journal of Higher Education
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide tothe reform of professional education. It is also a beacon totheoretical thinking about human organizations, about theirinterdepAndence with the social structure of the professions, andabout theory in practice." --Journal of Higher Education"This is a fundamentally important book. It strikes directly to theheart of real education--changing behavior." --AdministrativeScience Quarterly
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55542-446-6 (9781555424466)
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Persons
CHRIS ARGYRIS is James Bryant Conant professor of organizational behavior in the graduate schools of business and education at Harvard University. His previous Jossey-Bass books include Action Science, and Theory in Practice.
Content
Perface.
One: Theory.
1. Theories of Action.
2. Evaluating Theories of Action.
Two: Action.
3. Diagnosing Theories-in-Use.
4. Model I.
5. Model II.
6. Transition from Model I to Model II.
7. Learining Model-II Behavior.
Three: Practice.
8. Issues in Professional Education.
9. Implications for Professional Competence and Practice.
10. Redesigning Professional Education.
NotesReferencesIndex.
One: Theory.
1. Theories of Action.
2. Evaluating Theories of Action.
Two: Action.
3. Diagnosing Theories-in-Use.
4. Model I.
5. Model II.
6. Transition from Model I to Model II.
7. Learining Model-II Behavior.
Three: Practice.
8. Issues in Professional Education.
9. Implications for Professional Competence and Practice.
10. Redesigning Professional Education.
NotesReferencesIndex.