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Practice wisdom : values and interpretations /

Practice wisdom : values and interpretations / edited by Joy Higgs. - 1 online resource. - Practice Futures; volume3 Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836 . - Practice Futures; volume3. Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836. .

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface / Joy Higgs -- Acknowledgement -- Understanding Practice Wisdom -- Appreciating Practice Wisdom / Joy Higgs -- Wisdom, (Moral) Virtue and Knowledge / David Carr -- Social Practice Wisdom / Bernard McKenna -- Mindfulness and Practical Wisdom / Diane Tasker and Joy Higgs -- Practice Wisdom and Professional Artistry / Angie Titchen -- A Place for Phrónêsis in Professional Practice / Allan Pitman and Elizabeth Anne Kinsella -- Resilience, Self-Management and Agency / Rachael Field -- Practice Wisdom and Society -- Contested Practice / Nita L. Cherry -- Practice Wisdom and the Sociological Imagination / Jan Fook -- A Lived Experience of Aboriginal Knowledges and Perspectives / Sandy O’Sullivan -- Practical Wisdom and Ethical Action / Karolina Rozmarynowska -- Developing Wise Organisations / Bernard McKenna -- Learning Practice Wisdom from Elders / Barbara Hill, Aunty Beryl Yungha-Dhu Philip-Carmichael and Ruth Bacchus -- Bringing Spirituality and Wisdom into Practice / John Wattis, Melanie Rogers, Gulnar Ali and Stephen Curran -- Practice Wisdom in Practice -- Practice Wisdom Development / Joy Higgs -- Master Mariners and Practice Wisdom / Bradley Roberts and Joy Higgs -- Learning Embodied Practice Wisdom / Angie Titchen and Niamh Kinsella -- Practice Wisdom of Expert Inquirers / Phillip Dybicz -- Skill Acquisition and Clinical Judgement in Nursing Practice / Patricia Benner -- Health and Human Service Professionals and Practice Wisdom / Lester J. Thompson -- The Place of Wisdom in Clinical Practice / Rodd Rothwell -- Wisdom and Ethico-Legal Practice / Deborah Bowman -- Valuing Critical Reflection and Narratives in Professional Practice Wisdom / Laura Béres -- Embodied Wisdom in the Creative Arts Therapies / Joy Paton and Sheridan Linnell -- Wise Practice for Teaching / Janice Orrell -- Back Matter -- Notes on Contributors.

Practice wisdom is needed because the challenges people face in life, work and society are not simple and require more than knowledge, actions and decision making capabilities. In professional practice wisdom enhances people’s capacity to succeed and evolve and to assist their clients in achieving positive, relevant and satisfying outcomes. Practice Wisdom: Values and Interpretations brings diverse views and interpretations to an exploration of what wisdom in professional practice means and can become: academically, practically and inspirationally. The authors reflect on core dimensions of practice wisdom like ethics, mindfulness, moral virtue, particularisation and metacognition. The chapter authors tackle the trials that practice wisdom seekers encounter including the demand for resilience, perseverance, finding credibility and humility in practice wisdom, and linking wisdom into evidence for sound professional decision making. Readers are invited to consider what the place of practice wisdom encompasses in pursuing good practice outcomes amidst the turmoil and pressure of professional practice today. Do the imperatives of evidence-based practice and accountability leave enough space for wise practice or is wisdom seen by modern practice worlds as unnecessary, antiquated, unrealistic and redundant? Without a doubt these questions are answered positively in this book in support of the place and value of practice wisdom in professional practice today.

9789004410497

10.1163/9789004410497 DOI


Professional ethics.

BJ1725

174