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Gerard Lum is Lecturer in Philosophy and Education Management at King's College, London, UK. He is a longstanding member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.

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Introduction; 1: The Orthodox Conception of the Vocational; 2: Philosophical foundations of the orthodoxy; 3: Knowing how and Knowing that; 4: The Competence Problem; 5: Towards an ontology of occupational capability; 6: An alternative conception of vocational and professional capability; 7: Working to Rules; 8: Constitutive Rules and the Problem of Structure; 9: The Trouble with Competence-based Education and Training; 10: Rethinking Vocational and Professional Education References.

Vocational and Professional Capability An Epistemological and Ontological Study of Occupational Expertise

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Publication Date: 1/3/2011 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781441158451, 978-1441158451
      ISBN10: 1441158456
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      Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy Philosophy and theory of education

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Gerard Lum is Lecturer in Philosophy and Education Management at King's College, London, UK. He is a longstanding member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1: The Orthodox Conception of the Vocational; 2: Philosophical foundations of the orthodoxy; 3: Knowing how and Knowing that; 4: The Competence Problem; 5: Towards an ontology of occupational capability; 6: An alternative conception of vocational and professional capability; 7: Working to Rules; 8: Constitutive Rules and the Problem of Structure; 9: The Trouble with Competence-based Education and Training; 10: Rethinking Vocational and Professional Education References.

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