Seminar by Professor Tara Fenwick (University of Stirling) 'Professional responsibility and professionalism: a sociomaterial examination'
A Graduate School of Education seminar | |
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Speaker(s) | Professor Tara Fenwick (University of Stirling) |
Date | 22 March 2016 |
Time | 17:00 |
Place | South Cloisters 2.13 |
Issues of professional responsibility and professionalism are invoked frequently by concerned policy makers and a nervous public alike. In education, critical circles have grappled with the familiar disturbing representations and prescriptions that continue to circulate in the name of improving quality and responsibility.
Biography
Tara Fenwick is a Professor of Professional Education at the University of Stirling, UK, where she also is Director of ProPEL (international network for research in professional practice, education and learning). Currently she is a member of the ESRC Council and chairs the ESRC Capability Committee. Her research has focused on professional work and knowledge, with particular interest in actor-network and complexity theories to understand the sociomaterial dimensions of practice. Her most recent book is Professional responsibility and professionalism: a sociomaterial examination (Routledge 2016), and others include Reconceptualising Professional Learning: Sociomaterial knowledges, practices, responsibilities (edited with M Nerland, Routledge 2014), Governing Knowledge: comparison, knowledge-based technologies and expertise in the regulation of education (edited with J Ozga and E Mangez, Routledge 2014) and Emerging Educational Approaches: Tracing the Sociomaterial (with R Edwards and P Sawchuk, Routeldge 2011).
Intended audience | Staff and students from the University of Exeter, visitors from other educational institutions and partnership schools. |
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Registration information | Booking is not required. |
Cost | None |
Organizer | Natasha Simcock |
Tel | 01392726409 |
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Attachments | |
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![]() | PowerPoint slides (2150K) |