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Title: The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action by Donald A. Schon ISBN: 0-465-06878-2 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Great Reading for Change Consultants!
Comment: Schon's work is critical for understanding organizational learning and management development. I quote his work in my book, "Strategic Organizational Change." Dr. Michael Beitler

Rating: 3
Summary: This is an educational theory book
Comment: This book discusses the history and theory of professional learning. Schon spends a great deal of time justifying what every professional knows - that framing problems is difficult and that book learning is insufficient to deal with these problems.

If you are interested in positivism, technical rationality, and the evolution of the modern professional school, then this book is loaded with meaty material. If, however, you want to apply methods built upon other epistemologies, go straight to his 2nd book, "Educating the Reflective Practitioner".

The book is well thought out, but I found it a heavy read. Not for the faint-of-heart.

I got a lot out of it. Recommended only for epistemology or history of professional school wonks.

Rating: 5
Summary: Tough reading - but definitly worht it !
Comment: A word of warning. This book is hard to read. Some things are reapeated over and over, while other detailes are never given proper treatment.

But - if you don't mind spending some time reading and analyzing the book, there are heaps of golden nuggets to find.

Schön illustrates why rational design processes doesn't work in reality (for computer enthusiasts this means an explanation of why the waterfall model will never work on real life problems). Instead he tries to explain how designer (architects, musicians, engineers etc.) really work, when they solve real problems. And how to teach expert knowledge to others.

I highly recommend this book for non-whimps...;-)

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