Boshuizen, Henny P. A. and Gruber, Hans and Strasser, Josef (2020) Knowledge restructuring through case processing: The key to generalise expertise development theory across domains? EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH REVIEW, 29: 100310. ISSN 1747-938X, 1878-0385
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In many domains evidence exists that expertise development goes along with the adaptation of cognitive structures and processes. Whilst it is generally assumed that expertise and its acquisition is domain-specific, there are nevertheless similarities across domains that may evoke comparable processes and lead to similar cognitive restructuring. The "Knowledge Restructuring through Case Processing" (KR-CP) theory is proposed as a domain-general framework that takes into account similarities and differences between domains in order to explain corresponding processes and performances of professionals in different domains. The KR-CP theory is based on the assumption that dealing with complex cases plays a major role in many professional domains and allows for cognitive adaptations to routine as well as novel situations. The focus of this review is to investigate the capacity of this assumption to explain expertise development in multiple domains. Starting from the domain of medicine, in which such outcomes have been extensively studied, three further domains are analysed. Evidence is reviewed from counselling and psychotherapy, business management, and law. Thereby specific methodological complications emerge concerning the criteria for expert selection, the definition of levels of expertise, or the degree of authenticity of participants' tasks. Nevertheless, direct and strong indications for restructuring knowledge into scripts and macro-concepts could be identified in all three domains. To further substantiate the KR-CP theory, studies are needed that explicitly address the comparison of case processing in different domains.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CLINICAL CASE REPRESENTATIONS; STUDENTS SELF-EXPLANATIONS; PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES; BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EXPERTISE; BASIC SCIENCE; ENCAPSULATED KNOWLEDGE; CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION; SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY; Case processing; Domain-specificity; Generality of expertise; Knowledge restructuring; Levels of expertise; Running head; Knowledge restructuring through case processing |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Pädagogik III (Prof. Dr. Hans Gruber) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2021 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2021 11:41 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45196 |
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