Dimensions of Expertise : A Conceptual Exploration of Vocational Knowledge

"A detailed philosophical debate on the nature of expertise is long overdue and Dimensions of Expertise opens up that debate. Christopher Winch firstly explores an account of know-how, derived primarily from the pioneering work of Gilbert Ryle, and moves on to relate this epistemological debate to discussions concerning the nature of expertise in vocational and professional education, including attempts to provide a theory of expertise."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Opens up the debate into the nature of skill, skilfulness and expertise in vocational and professional education. This title explores an account of know-how, and relates this epistemological debate to discussions concerning the nature of expertise in vocational and professional education, including attempts to provide a theory of expertise. The chapters in this book cover the two faces of expertise, current philosophical debates about knowing how, skills and their discontents, tacit knowledge, vocational education and the development of expertise, and much more