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Long-term knowledge: Students know that the process of professionalisation is a dynamic process; they can develop strategies of reflexive and self-critical handling of their task in the context of lifelong learning. Support systems are known to them

The focus is on the question of what distinguishes professions from other occupations and which sets them apart as a subgroup. Theories of that topic will be considered and examples of professionalized work will be discussed in detail. General and field-specific basic operations of professionalized activities are named. In a third section, the necessary educational process will be focused on the basis of the reconstructed basic operations. The model to do an activity (that requires professionalisation) in professionalised manner will be discussed at the example of Interprofessionalisation. A key feature of professionalisation is that it is never been complet that it needs to be pushed further and further: intervention strategies, evaluation and other support systems for professionalisation in the pedagogical field are considered together with a guest from the field.

Read texts and deepen their contents in the discussion; apply theoretical concepts; to discuss and analyze empirical cases, to reflect on own experiences, to visualize independently; exam preparation

Written exam

Evetts, J. (2009). Professionalitätsdiskurs und Management: Ein Paradoxon der Moderne [Discourse on Professionalism and Management: A Paradox in Modernity], in: J. Eurich/ A. Brink (Hg.), Leadership in sozialen Organisationen. Opladen: Springer VS. 159-167.

Helsper, W., Tippelt, R. (Hrsg.) (2011). Pädagogische Professionalität [Pedagogical Professionalism]. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik ZfP, Beiheft 57. Weinheim u.a. : Beltz. [accessible:  https://www.pedocs.de/volltexte/2013/7084/pdf/Helsper_Tippelt_Paedagogische_Professinalitaet.pdf; 25.05.2019]

Oevermann, U. (1996). Theoretische Skizze einer revidierten Theorie professionalisierten Handelns [Theoretical outline of a revised theory of professional action]. In A. Combe & W. Helsper (Eds.), Pädagogische Professionalität: Untersuchungen zum Typus pädagogischen Handelns (pp. 70-182). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.

Parsons, T. (1951): The  Social System.  London: Routledge: Kap. III (p. 45-76) [accessible: http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mbaker/CSHS503/TalcottParsonsSocialSystem.pdf; 25.05.2019]   

Parsons, T. (1968), Professions. International encyclopedia of the social sciences. Vol. 12. New York, NY: Macmillan, S. 536-547. [accessible:  http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Professions.aspx; 02.12.2016].

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