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The Acquisition of Professional Expertise—a challenge for educational research
Anneli EteläpeltoJuhani KirjonenAnita NuutinenPäivi TynjäläPirkko Remessubject
Working lifeEducational researchHigher educationbusiness.industryPedagogyEngineering ethicsPsychologybusinessViewpointsCompetence (human resources)Work experienceEducationProfessional expertisedescription
This article examines the acquisition of professional expertise from the educational viewpoint and outlines emerging approaches to research on expertise. The starting points are the need to reflect the nature and content of expertise in the changing world and the aim to understand the preconditions for integrating the viewpoints of working life and education in developing prerequisities for expertise in educational contexts. The section after the Introduction briefly reviews how expertise has been conceptualized in recent research. The next section deals with the role of higher education in developing expertise from the viewpoint of constructivist approaches in research on learning. Then current challenges and alternatives for educational research on the acquisition of future expertise are outlined.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-01 | Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research |