Abstract
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.
Keywords
Reflective practiceCompetence (human resources)Medical educationPsychologyProfessional developmentPedagogyEngineering ethicsNursingMedicineEngineeringSocial psychology
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Donald A. Schön
(1987).
Educating the reflective practitioner.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government)
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