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In spite of the importance of both theory and practice, professions are not simply conduits for taking knowledge from the academy and applying it to the field. The process of judgment intervenes between knowledge and application. Human judgment intervenes between knowledge and application. Human judgment creates bridges between universal terms of theory and the gritty particularities of situated practice. And human judgment always incorporates both technical and moral elements, negotiating between the general and the specific, as well as between the ideal and the feasible.
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Jensen, G.M., Purtilo, R.B. (2013). Learning 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_7
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