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Practice-Based Learning and Professional Education

Pursuing Quality Outcomes and Sustainability

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Practice-Based Education

Part of the book series: Practice, Education, Work and Society ((PEWS,volume 6))

Abstract

The provision of practice-based (e.g. workplace) experiences is now almost a universal requirement for students in higher education programs preparing graduates for specific occupations (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010). Whereas once such provision was largely restricted to medicine, law, physiotherapy, nursing and teaching, it is now being requested, demanded and expected across seemingly all programs that develop the capacities required for specific occupations (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, 2008; Universities Australia, 2008).

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  1. School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia

    Stephen Billett DipTeaching (TAFE), BA, MEd, PhD

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Billett, S. (2012). Practice-Based Learning and Professional Education. In: Practice-Based Education. Practice, Education, Work and Society, vol 6. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-128-3_8

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