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Professional preparation for practice is a complexity of knowledge, inquiry, aspirations and culture that spans a multitude of fields. Regardless of the professional field under consideration, the goal is the same – to prepare students to become practitioners in the profession. In this chapter, we focus on four main areas as a pragmatic overview to preparation for professional practice: (1) a brief history of professional preparation for practice in the United States, (2) based upon metaphor, a descriptive model, related to professional preparation for practice, and (3) issues pertaining to preparation for professional practice, culminating in a revised model. The chapter ends with (4) a summary and key considerations for the future of professional preparation for practice.
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Royeen, C.B., Kramer, P. (2013). Professional Preparation for Practice. In: Higgs, J., Sheehan, D., Currens, J.B., Letts, W., Jensen, G.M. (eds) Realising Exemplary Practice-Based Education. Practice, Education, Work and Society, vol 7. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-188-7_3
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