Learning to know and knowing to learn: Discursive practice as knowledge enabler

CME 2007 Conference - Construction Management and Economics: 'Past, Present and Future'

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 207-218

  Räisänen, Christine ^a   Gunnarson, Sven ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collective learning; Construction industry; Dialogue; Professional knowledge; Reflection

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE LEARNING; DIALOGUE; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LEARNING THEORY; MEANING MAKINGS; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REFLECTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84877635738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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