Knowledge Creation and Knowledge Use in Professional Contexts.

Eraut, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ321182

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Publication Date: 1985

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Knowledge Creation and Knowledge Use in Professional Contexts.

Eraut, Michael

Studies in Higher Education, v10 n2 p117-33 1985

A discussion of the relationship between theory and practice in professional continuing education considers the different kinds of professional knowledge (according to its generalizability or explicitness), modes of knowledge (replication, application, interpretation, association), and the contexts of knowledge use. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Role, Educational Needs, Epistemology, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Professional Continuing Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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