Professional Learning as Relational Practice

• Main Author: Reeves, Jenny (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Teaching.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

Given the emphasis on transforming professional work through the adoption of enquiry-based and trans-disciplinary approaches to service development, there is an urgent need for those involved in professional education to develop a robust understanding of how changes in practice occur. A more inclusi...

Table of Contents:

• Mapping the Relational Spaces of Educating
• Adopting a New Approach to Professional Learning
• Describing Educating Systems
• The Field of Educating: Tracking Relations and Relays
• Making Learning Spaces Visible
• Professional Learning as Relational Practice
• Changing Self: Interactions of Space and Identity
• Pedagogy: Creating a Hub in a Field of Relays
• Constructing Knowledge and Agency
• Tracking Knowledge Creation and Exchange
• Knowledge Creation: The Reflexivity of Hybrid Systems
• Conclusion.