What Is Professional Practice? Recognising and Respecting Diversity in Understandings of Practice

Practice is a rich and complex notion whose nuances remain elusive for many practitioners, researchers, policy makers and administrators. The theoretical density of practice is frequently underestimated by researchers who too frequently view it from narrow and limited perspectives. This chapter presents a framework that aims to illuminate the richness of practice in particular cases as well as in research on practice.

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