Elaborating Professionalism Studies in Practice and Theory /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kanes, Clive (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Innovation and Change in Professional Education ; 5
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Education, general.; Learning & Instruction.; Curriculum Studies.; Educational Policy and Politics.

The subset of skilled workers among whom doctors and lawyers are counted, always known as ‘the professions’, has always had to adapt to change. But what challenges lie ahead for the concept of ‘professionalism’ itself, as the market for services becomes ever more complex, the demands for accountabil...