Reflections on the study of expertise and its implications for tomorrow’s world
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In this chapter, we reflect on the themes that emerged throughout this Handbook. First,
we review why expertise is not always revered and ask whether this relates to the way expertise has been defined and measured. We then re-examine definitions of expertise presented throughout the Handbook as well as the idea that expertise is, in part, about increasing one’s cognitive ability to adapt to complexity. Next, we take a look at where we have been, as a community of communities of expertise researchers, and whether we are
heading in good directions, placing an especial focus on how expertise is and should be
measured. In the penultimate section, we present some ideas about future areas of research recommended by chapter authors. Finally, we present a potential way forward for
researchers to continue to move the field of expertise studies in a positive direction and, ultimately, to better prepare individuals to operate effectively in tomorrow’s workplace.
we review why expertise is not always revered and ask whether this relates to the way expertise has been defined and measured. We then re-examine definitions of expertise presented throughout the Handbook as well as the idea that expertise is, in part, about increasing one’s cognitive ability to adapt to complexity. Next, we take a look at where we have been, as a community of communities of expertise researchers, and whether we are
heading in good directions, placing an especial focus on how expertise is and should be
measured. In the penultimate section, we present some ideas about future areas of research recommended by chapter authors. Finally, we present a potential way forward for
researchers to continue to move the field of expertise studies in a positive direction and, ultimately, to better prepare individuals to operate effectively in tomorrow’s workplace.
TNO Identifier
871984
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Source title
The Oxford Handbook of Expertise
Editor(s)
Ward, P.
Schraagen, J.M.C.
Gore, J.
Roth, E.M.
Schraagen, J.M.C.
Gore, J.
Roth, E.M.
Place of publication
Oxford
Pages
1193-1213
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