By:  Joy Higgs, Angie Titchen
ISBN:  0632059338

Professional Practice in Health, Education and the Creative Arts Editors: Joy Higgs, Angie Titchen "A stimulating and thought-provoking book, one to savour for its ideas and to enjoy for its artistry...Occupational therapists should try it" British Journal of Occupational Therapy “The book has a unique contribution to make that will complement existing texts.” “Tables and figures are generally clear and complementary. Overall, presentation is excellent. The book is attractive, well laid out and well illustrated.” “It will be an excellent resource for libraries and departments as well as postgraduates with a specific interest in professional practice and development.” Physiotherapy Journal Society is rapidly changing its expectations of professionals in all arenas. In this book we focus on changing patterns of professional practice in health, education and the creative arts. In each of these areas professional practice care is undergoing major reform in a complex and rapidly changing environment. This multi-authored text explores professional practice in four key dimensions: doing, knowing, being and becoming. These concepts have been chosen to represent professional practice as much more than applying learned knowledge in practice situations. The authors present professional practice as a lived and dynamic experience as well as a process, a service for (and with) others, and a way of being and behaving. The text explores the essential unity of knowledge and practice, through discourse, narrative, imagery and critical debate. This is a book for all those seeking to learn and to improve practice. (Publishers Summary)