A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice

This chapter casts ‘deliberate professionalism’ as ‘public-good professionalism’. It brings to thinking about educating the deliberate professional a ‘capabilities approach’ lens, as it has been developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. The authors draw on a study of five professional education...

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Main Authors: McLean, Monica, Walker, Melanie
Other Authors: Trede, Franziska
Format: Book Section
Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39659/
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description This chapter casts ‘deliberate professionalism’ as ‘public-good professionalism’. It brings to thinking about educating the deliberate professional a ‘capabilities approach’ lens, as it has been developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. The authors draw on a study of five professional education departments in three South African universities that collaboratively generated a Public-Good Professional Capabilities Index to discuss pedagogical aims and practice. The paper shows how a capability framework played out in the pedagogical practices in different university departments. It is argued that the capabilities approach can offer a contextualised, rounded and feasible lens on educating the deliberate professional.
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spelling nottingham-396592020-05-04T17:54:49Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39659/ A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice McLean, Monica Walker, Melanie This chapter casts ‘deliberate professionalism’ as ‘public-good professionalism’. It brings to thinking about educating the deliberate professional a ‘capabilities approach’ lens, as it has been developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. The authors draw on a study of five professional education departments in three South African universities that collaboratively generated a Public-Good Professional Capabilities Index to discuss pedagogical aims and practice. The paper shows how a capability framework played out in the pedagogical practices in different university departments. It is argued that the capabilities approach can offer a contextualised, rounded and feasible lens on educating the deliberate professional. Springer International Publishing Trede, Franziska McEwan, Celina 2016-06-29 Book Section PeerReviewed McLean, Monica and Walker, Melanie (2016) A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice. In: Educating the deliberate professional: preparing for future practices. Professional and practice-based learning (17). Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 141-156. ISBN 978-3-319-32956-7 Reflective practice Deliberate professional Capabilities apporach
spellingShingle Reflective practice
Deliberate professional
Capabilities apporach
McLean, Monica
Walker, Melanie
A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
title A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
title_full A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
title_fullStr A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
title_full_unstemmed A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
title_short A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
title_sort capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice
topic Reflective practice
Deliberate professional
Capabilities apporach
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39659/