tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post6455477388184013444..comments2023-04-14T06:11:34.177-04:00Comments on Connecting 2 the World: Defining expertise: more questions than answersV Yonkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post-61595565469267951362010-07-20T12:37:25.369-04:002010-07-20T12:37:25.369-04:00I think looking at the cross disciplinary literatu...I think looking at the cross disciplinary literature on expertise would be helpful. I'm not sure that I agree with the idea of "expert like performance" as being different from experts. I think I should read up on this debate a bit more. I think of expertise more as a continuum as my most recent <a href="http://connecting2theworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/line-between-beginner-and-expert-and.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> suggests.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513616792028141844.post-61729195821713376682010-07-19T01:19:20.446-04:002010-07-19T01:19:20.446-04:00There is a large literature on this topic, going b...There is a large literature on this topic, going back to deGroot's work (1946) in chess expertise. Of course the foundations of epistemology go back to Aristotle, Plato, etc. A great deal is known about expertise, which is any body of operative knowledge, experts who are persons said to possess such knowledge and "expertness", which is the appearance of expert-like performance, which may occur in the absence of true expertise. <br /><br />My research has been with medical expertise, but I have worked closely with researchers studying expertise across a wide range of disciplines: accounting, finance, manufacturing, nursing, law and other fields. Can I help point you in a fruitful direction?Koche005https://www.blogger.com/profile/14310612205033915843noreply@blogger.com