"Professional studies" is a term used to classify academic programs which are applied or interdisciplinary in focus. The term can also be used for non-academic training for a specific profession . Research on professionals can be seen as a multidisciplinary field of research with a multiple of perspectives in theory and by methods.
9-410: Professional studies usually combine theory and practice-based professional learning , focusing on a body of knowledge that is more strictly delineated and canonical than non-professional studies. Students are trained to ensure expected standards and adequate service delivery in the best practice of a profession. One aspect of professional action that has been widely studied in professional studies
18-516: A concern for professional learning, and the preference for practice rather than work. While it does not disdain propositional knowledge and what is sometimes called theory , its prime interest is in the formation of self-renewing and effective professional practices—a distinct theoretical position in its own right. The range of concerns may be seen, for example, in the UK Open University 's practice-based professional learning centre, one of
27-453: A master's degree or postgraduate diploma in order to attend the program. This article relating to education is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Practice-based professional learning Practice-based professional learning ( PBPL ) is understood in contrast to classroom- or theory-based learning . It is kindred to terms such as work-based learning , workplace or work-centred learning. Distinctive, though, are
36-521: Is tacit knowledge (cf. Polyani 1967), including professional judgment, discretion or fronesis , a term from the Greek philosopher Aristotle , also called practical intelligence or knowledge (see Dunne 1997; McGuirk 2013). Professional studies may lead to academic degrees such as the Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS), Master of Professional Studies (MPS), or Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS). A BPS
45-471: Is similar to a Bachelor of General Studies with a greater emphasis on practical and technical training (and a corresponding lower emphasis on liberal arts ), and therefore of greater interest to mid-career students. MPS degrees are usually course-based with a report or project component rather than a research thesis . The US National Science Foundation considers a DPS to be equivalent to a PhD . In Germany, new higher professional degrees were introduced at
54-517: The Higher Education Funding Council for England 's centres for excellence in teaching and learning. Its interests cover the inter-relation of various forms of professional knowledge, ways of fostering them and their co-ordination, workplaces as sites of learning, the assessment of practice-based learning achievements, and the use of modern technologies to support distributed learning. Other centres for excellence occupy some or all of
63-662: The United States, practice-based professional learning develops and integrates a school's use of curriculum and assessment, instructional leadership, and professional learning communities (PLCs) to create a system-wide shift in day-to-day classroom instruction. Indeed, it is this focus on daily classroom practice, "the core tasks and activities of teaching rather than knowledge or theory" that distinguishes practice-based professional learning from other models of professional learning and development. Several US universities and educational companies have created materials and resources that use
72-533: The beginning of 2020. The new Bachelor Professional and Master Professional have been equivalent to other bachelor's and master's degrees. The basis for this are §§ 53c and d of the Vocational Training Act (BBiG). Some music schools like Curtis Institute of Music offer postgraduate programs that result in a Professional Studies Certificate . Other schools, like the Manhattan School of Music require
81-694: The territory, notably the Professional Development Unit at the University of Chester , SCEPTrE in the University of Surrey , CEPLW in the University of Westminster and NCWBLP in Middlesex University . Interest in this territory is not confined to the UK, with some of the most respected work associated with David Boud at the University of Technology, Sydney , NSW. As practiced in K-12 education in
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