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Practice-based professional learning
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<p>Practice-based professional learning (PBPL) is understood in contrast to classroom- or theory-based <a href="/facts/Learning/lehEKRjC">learning</a>. It is kindred to terms such as <a href="/facts/Work-based_learning/pxhRQ1jU">work-based learning</a>, workplace or work-centred learning. Distinctive, though, are a concern for professional learning, and the preference for <a href="/facts/Practice_(learning_method)/Toe8dJpB">practice</a> rather than work. While it does not disdain propositional knowledge and what is sometimes called <a href="/facts/Theory/9vrNS1Rr">theory</a>, its prime interest is in the formation of self-renewing and effective <a href="/facts/Professional/Nmq2oUMU">professional</a> practices—a distinct theoretical position in its own right. </p>