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Continuing Professional Development: Lifelong Learning of Millions Andrew L Friedman Routledge 2012 ISBN: 9780415677912
Andrew L. Friedman's Continuing Professional Development: Lifelong Learning of Millions contains 268 pages including notes, bibliography, author index, organization index, and word and concept index. It is divided into three parts spreading over 11 chapters.
The book helps the professions to ensure that their knowledge and skills remain up-to-date and relevant to changing needs and environments. The author opines that continuing professional development (CPD) is a neglected subject despite being carried out by millions.
The book advances the view that:
* CPD is a form of learning. Some of that learning will be provided by trainers, educationalists and educational institutions.
* Academics are not particularly well equipped to provide CPD. Most CPD requires knowledge of the practitioners' world to link technique with how technique should be applied. Few academics have their feet in both camps.
* Plagiarism is distinct from theft of intellectual property and copying from fellow students, from works which are out of copyright or...