Exploring Practical Knowledge
Life-World Studies of Professionals in Education and Research
Published on 30. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-90-04-54734-6 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring Practical Knowledge investigates professional practices from a hermeneutic perspective. The book presents, discusses and applies notions such as practical knowledge, practical wisdom, tacit knowledge, and normativity to the professional lifeworld. These contributions focus on both specific practices and more general questions concerning theories and investigations of practice.
This volume comes as the result of a cooperation of three research centres: The two Centres for Practical Knowledge in Bodo, Norway and in Soedertoern, Sweden, as well as the Research Group Value-Oriented Professionalisation at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It offers empirical studies of professionals as well as discussing the underlying theories, approaches and methods of exploring practical knowledge - including the limits to any articulation of these aspects of professional action.
In contrast to the objectivist paradigm that otherwise dominates professional studies, each chapter presents central perspectives and possibilities drawing from humanistic and interdisciplinary research traditions. The book explores professions in a style accessible to scholars and practitioners alike. It is interesting for those studying practices within these professions and for vocational studies in education, social work, health care, police work, journalism, etc.
This volume comes as the result of a cooperation of three research centres: The two Centres for Practical Knowledge in Bodo, Norway and in Soedertoern, Sweden, as well as the Research Group Value-Oriented Professionalisation at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It offers empirical studies of professionals as well as discussing the underlying theories, approaches and methods of exploring practical knowledge - including the limits to any articulation of these aspects of professional action.
In contrast to the objectivist paradigm that otherwise dominates professional studies, each chapter presents central perspectives and possibilities drawing from humanistic and interdisciplinary research traditions. The book explores professions in a style accessible to scholars and practitioners alike. It is interesting for those studying practices within these professions and for vocational studies in education, social work, health care, police work, journalism, etc.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-54734-6 (9789004547346)
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Carl Cederberg | Kare Fuglseth | Edwin van der Zande
Exploring Practical Knowledge
Life-World Studies of Professionals in Education and Research
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Carl Cederberg, Ph.D. (2010), Soedertoern University, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at that university. He has translated and published on modern philosopy in the fields of ethics, political philosophy and practical knowledge, including Yrkesmaenniskan i den kapitaliserade vaelfaerden (Soedertoern, 2019).
Kare Fuglseth, Ph.D. (2003), NTNU Trondheim, is Professor of Studies of Practical Knowledge at Nord University, Norway. He has published on ancient religions, religious education and practical knowledge theory, including The Philo Index (Brill, 1999) and Johannine Sectarianism in Perspective (Brill, 2005).
Edwin van der Zande, Ph.D. (2018), Utrecht University, is Associate Professor of Value Based Professionalisation at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. He has published on the meaning of moral and spiritual leadership, including Life Orientation for Professionals (Parthenon, 2018).
Kare Fuglseth, Ph.D. (2003), NTNU Trondheim, is Professor of Studies of Practical Knowledge at Nord University, Norway. He has published on ancient religions, religious education and practical knowledge theory, including The Philo Index (Brill, 1999) and Johannine Sectarianism in Perspective (Brill, 2005).
Edwin van der Zande, Ph.D. (2018), Utrecht University, is Associate Professor of Value Based Professionalisation at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. He has published on the meaning of moral and spiritual leadership, including Life Orientation for Professionals (Parthenon, 2018).
Content
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction to Practical Knowledge and Normativity Studies
?Carl Cederberg, Kare Fuglseth and Edwin van der Zande
2 Practical Knowledge as an Academic Study of Its Own? A Methodological Approach
?Kare Fuglseth
3 Studies in Practical Knowledge: Discipline, Philosophy, Plurality
?Eva Schwarz and James McGuirk
4 The Professional as an Interpreting Subject: Utrecht's Concern for the Normative Nature of Professionalism and Professional Development
?Cok Bakker and Edwin van der Zande
5 Jakob Meloe's Praxeology: An Ethnographic Approach to Research in Practical Knowledge
?Catrine Torbjornsen Halas
6 Essay as a Critical Exploring Method
?Jan Selmer Methi
7 Ultimately, Reflective Professionals Ask Existential Questions
?Edwin van der Zande and Cok Bakker
8 A Permissive Atmosphere: On Practical Knowledge and Artistic Forms of Understanding
?Katji Lindberg
9 Narrating Alienation: Critical Accounts of the Estrangement of Professional Knowledge
?Carl Cederberg
10 On the Role of the 'Call' in Professional Work and Practical Knowledge
?James McGuirk
11 Theory of Practical Knowledge and Recognition of Prior Learning
?Adrian Ratkic
12 A Lens to Reveal the Internal Decision-Making
?Remco Coppoolse and Stijn Bollinger
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction to Practical Knowledge and Normativity Studies
?Carl Cederberg, Kare Fuglseth and Edwin van der Zande
2 Practical Knowledge as an Academic Study of Its Own? A Methodological Approach
?Kare Fuglseth
3 Studies in Practical Knowledge: Discipline, Philosophy, Plurality
?Eva Schwarz and James McGuirk
4 The Professional as an Interpreting Subject: Utrecht's Concern for the Normative Nature of Professionalism and Professional Development
?Cok Bakker and Edwin van der Zande
5 Jakob Meloe's Praxeology: An Ethnographic Approach to Research in Practical Knowledge
?Catrine Torbjornsen Halas
6 Essay as a Critical Exploring Method
?Jan Selmer Methi
7 Ultimately, Reflective Professionals Ask Existential Questions
?Edwin van der Zande and Cok Bakker
8 A Permissive Atmosphere: On Practical Knowledge and Artistic Forms of Understanding
?Katji Lindberg
9 Narrating Alienation: Critical Accounts of the Estrangement of Professional Knowledge
?Carl Cederberg
10 On the Role of the 'Call' in Professional Work and Practical Knowledge
?James McGuirk
11 Theory of Practical Knowledge and Recognition of Prior Learning
?Adrian Ratkic
12 A Lens to Reveal the Internal Decision-Making
?Remco Coppoolse and Stijn Bollinger
Index