A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice

McLean, Monica; Walker, Melanie

Abstract

This chapter casts ‘deliberate professionalism’ as ‘public-good professionalism’. It brings to thinking about educating the deliberate professional a ‘capabilities approach’ lens, as it has been developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. The authors draw on a study of five professional education departments in three South African universities that collaboratively generated a Public-Good Professional Capabilities Index to discuss pedagogical aims and practice. The paper shows how a capability framework played out in the pedagogical practices in different university departments. It is argued that the capabilities approach can offer a contextualised, rounded and feasible lens on educating the deliberate professional.

Citation

McLean, M., & Walker, M. (2016). A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice. In F. Trede, & C. McEwan (Eds.), Educating the deliberate professional: preparing for future practices. Springer International Publishing

• Acceptance Date: Apr 4, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 29, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 9, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 17
• Series Title: Professional and practice-based learning
• Book Title: Educating the deliberate professional: preparing for future practices
• ISBN: 978-3-319-32956-7
• Keywords: Reflective practice, Deliberate professional, Capabilities apporach
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/793105