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Education Higher

Learning to Practise

Professional Education in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

edited by Ruby Heap, Wyn Millar & Elizabeth Smyth

Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2005
Category
Higher
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780776616407
    Publish Date
    Oct 2005
    List Price
    $16.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780776606057
    Publish Date
    Oct 2005
    List Price
    $35.00

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How does one become a professional? This interdisciplinary collection offers new insights into that fundamental question. Employing a wide variety of approaches and methodologies, the original and thematically linked essays discuss such problematic issues as the most appropriate site for professional education, the proper focus and content of the initial and on-going preparation of professionals, and the nature of both continuity and change in professional education. In the process, they raise challenging questions about the development of professional education in Canada and elsewhere from the early 19th century to the present day, in fields as diverse as the health sciences, law, engineering, social work, theology, and university teaching. An essential resource for those studying the professions, this book will also appeal to practitioners, professional associations, administrators, and faculty in professional schools, and to all those interested in the past, present, and future state of their professions.

About the authors

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Elizabeth M. Smyth's most recent work is a co-edited volume, Wisdom Raises Her Voice: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto Celebrate 150 Years. Paula Bourne is co-author, with Dorothy Smith, of Gender Equity and the Professional Education of Teachers: A Critical Review.

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