1. August 2008 Theoretical approaches and empirical results from elder care nursing Martin Gartmeier University of Regensburg Institute of Educational Science Research Project “Workplace Learning” Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) Prof. Dr. Hans Gruber und Prof. em. Dr. Helmut Heid Negative knowledge at work
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14. Negative knowledge in elder care: Conclusion Negative declarative knowledge Negative vicarious knowledge Negative-procedural knowledge Negative self-reflective knowledge Taken together, negative knowledge is part of employees error-knowledge which comprises knowledge about possible and frequent workplace errors and about their enabling conditions. It contains situation specific as well as more general components. The results show that negative knowledge is a possibility to explain the capacity of professionals to anticipate errors and to act accordingly: “ Forewarned is forearned” “ Danger pin-pointed, danger averted”
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16. If you found the presentation interesting, you might like this paper: Gartmeier, M., Bauer, J., Gruber, H., & Heid, H. (2008). Negative knowledge: Understanding professional learning and expertise. Vocations and Learning, 1 (2), 87-103. Please ask me for free copies! Thanks for your attention!
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