June 14th, 2020 | RESEARCH
Ideas and expectations about professions and about the process of becoming a professional are changing. Once defined largely by licenses or certificates, many fields of work are looking for more decentralized ways to determine what is a profession, and who is a professional. Many are turning to more decentralized ideas about professions and self-directed processes for lifelong professional learning. An increasing number of fields are using competency frameworks as one mechanism to guide professionalization without standardizing the preparation of those who work in the field. Research is needed to assess the viability and the impact of these frameworks on the individuals, institutions, the field, and ultimately on the public audiences they serve. The field of Informal STEM Learning (ISL) is uniquely poised to benefit from and contribute to the conversations and practices that are moving professional learning towards more self-directed paths.
Document
Redefining-Professionalism-Pre-publication.pdf
Team Members
kris morrissey, Author, University of WashingtonJoe E Heimlich, Author, COSI
Dennis Schatz, Author, Pacific Science Center
Citation
Identifier Type: doi
Identifier: 10.1080/09647775.2020.1803109
Publication: Museum Management and Curatorship
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1514890
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1514884Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1514815Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1515315
Related URLs
Collaborative Research: An Evidence-based Informal STEM Learning (ISL) Professional Framework
Tags
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops