Donald A. Schon

Building on the concepts of professional competence that he introduced in his classic The Reflective Practitioner, Schon offers an approach for educating professionals in all areas that will prepare them to handle the complex and unpredictable problems of actual practice with confidence, skill, and care.

This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide to the reform of professional education. It is also a beacon to theoretical thinking about human organisations, about their interdependence with the social structure of the professions, and about theory in practice. Theory in Practice by Chris Argyris and Donald A. Schon offers profound insights into these...