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The Reflective Practitioner

Schon, Donald A.

How do skilled professionals actually think while they work, and why does textbook knowledge fall short of real practice?

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10 parts, about 27 minutes to read.

At a glance

Author
Schon, Donald A.
Parts
10 parts
Reading time
about 27 minutes

Why read it

  • You will see how good designers and others work as a conversation with the situation, adjusting as it responds
  • You will learn to spot where textbook rules stop working in messy real situations
  • You will stop dismissing your own skill as unexplainable instinct and start putting it into words

Who it is for

  • A professional who works by feel and cannot explain how
  • A manager or consultant whose problems do not fit templates
  • A teacher of future doctors, designers or planners

What the summary covers

  1. The Crisis of Professional Knowledge2 min
  2. From Technical Rationality to Reflection in Action4 min
  3. Design as a Conversation with the Situation2 min
  4. Psychotherapy and the Unique Patient2 min
  5. The Structure of Reflection in Action3 min
  6. Reflective Practice in the Science Based Professions3 min
  7. Town Planning: Limits to Reflection in Action2 min
  8. The Art of Managing3 min
  9. Patterns and Limits Across Professions2 min
  10. Implications for the Professions and Society4 min

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