Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts (eBook)

Joy Higgs is the editor of Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts, published by Wiley. Angie Titchen is the editor of Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts, published by Wiley.

Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts 1
Contents 5
List of Contributors 7
Preface 10
Acknowledgements 13
Part One Introduction 15
1 Framing Professional Practice: Knowing and Doing in Context 17
2 Doing, Knowing, Being and Becoming: the Nature of Professional Practice 30
3 Our Collaborative Inquiry Joy Higgs 43
Part Two Dimensions of Professional Practice 61
4 Practising Without Certainty: Providing Health Care in an Uncertain World 63
5 The Meaning(s) of Uncertainty in Treatment Decision-making 76
6 Finding the Fifth Player: Artistry in Professional Practice 86
7 Embodying Knowledges: Challenging the Theory/Practice Divide 104
8 Exploring Relationships in Health Care Practice 117
9 Technology and the Depersonalisation of Knowledge and Practice 128
10 The Research Sensitive Practitioner 139
11 The Practice Sensitive Researcher 150
Part Three Journeying in Professional Practice 161
12 Using Autobiographical Narrative and Reflection to Link Personal and Professional Domains 163
13 Students and Educators Learning Within Relationships 175
14 Becoming in Professional Practice: an Exemplar 189
15 Transforming Practice 199
16 Articulating Practice 213
17 Knowledge and Practice in the Education of Health and Human Service Professionals 226
18 Parallel Journeys in Professional Practice 241
19 Developing Creative Arts Expertise 252
20 Weaving the Body, the Creative Unconscious, Imagination and the Arts into Practice Development 265
Part Four Reflections 279
21 Professional Practice: Walking Alone with Others 281
22 Towards Professional Artistry and Creativity in Practice 287
Index 305

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