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The thesis comprises three case studies that each explores an instance in which literary fiction or autobiography is used in professional education as a resource for developing skills and/or understandings that relate to professional wisdom.
The first case study is focused on the use of science fiction as a device through which engineerings students on the bachelor and master level could reflect on the ethics of technology development. The second case study explores how social work students used autobiographical literature as a resource for thinking reflexively about how they, as proto-professionals half-way through their training, were shaped by their personal experiences, and about resulting professional affordances and vulnerabilities. Finally, the third case study looks into how medical students reflected on judicial professional behavior in high-stakes situations - what it entails and how it is developed - with reference to a short story introduced to them during their third year of medical studies.
The thesis draws on an understanding of professional wisdom that combines practical, moral, and affective dimensions. My purpose in applying a case study methodology is to arrive at a situated and nuanced understanding of how students use narrative art to approach these various dimensions of professional wisdom, and how they connect - or struggle to connect - the resulting ideas to their future professional role and practice.
The first case study is focused on the use of science fiction as a device through which engineerings students on the bachelor and master level could reflect on the ethics of technology development. The second case study explores how social work students used autobiographical literature as a resource for thinking reflexively about how they, as proto-professionals half-way through their training, were shaped by their personal experiences, and about resulting professional affordances and vulnerabilities. Finally, the third case study looks into how medical students reflected on judicial professional behavior in high-stakes situations - what it entails and how it is developed - with reference to a short story introduced to them during their third year of medical studies.
The thesis draws on an understanding of professional wisdom that combines practical, moral, and affective dimensions. My purpose in applying a case study methodology is to arrive at a situated and nuanced understanding of how students use narrative art to approach these various dimensions of professional wisdom, and how they connect - or struggle to connect - the resulting ideas to their future professional role and practice.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 2021/09/01 → … |