{"product_id":"educating-professionals-isbn-9781555425234","title":"Educating Professionals","description":"This in-depth examination of how to educate professionals for the future identifies the social and political forces that will affect the roles of professionals and change the definitions of professional skill. It shows how educating professionals for the twenty-first century will ultimately require stronger bonds between educational systems and our systems of practice--including more accurate measures of competence and a more integrated system of continuing professional education. Part One: TrAnds and Forces Reshaping Professional Practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Meeting New Requirements Through ProfessionalEducation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Professional Education and Practice in LifelongPartnership. LYNN CURRY is principal and founder of Curry Adams \u0026amp;Associates, Inc. She has worked with educators, regulators, andassociations of a range of professions, including medicine,nursing, law, social work, and rehabilitation therapies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e JON F. WERGIN is professor of education at VirginiaCommonwealth University. From 1989 to 1991 he was vice-presidentfor Division I, Education in the Professions of the AmericanEducational Research Association. In thirteen original chapters, the authors identify the social and political forces that will affect the roles of professionals and change the definitions of professional skill. They show how educating professionals for the twenty-first century will ultimately require stronger bonds between educational systems and our systems of practice--including more accurate measures of competence, a more integrated system of continuing professional education, and a broader view of faculty scholarship. This in-depth examination of how to educate professionals for the future identifies the social and political forces that will affect the roles of professionals and change the definitions of professional skill. It shows how educating professionals for the twenty-first century will ultimately require stronger bonds between educational systems and our systems of practice--including more accurate measures of competence and a more integrated system of continuing professional education.","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989104804069,"sku":"NP9781555425234","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781555425234.jpg?v=1761782814","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/educating-professionals-isbn-9781555425234","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}