Professional Development

Roles: practitioner, mentor, competence, growth, credential, apprenticeship

The structured progression from novice to expert within a professional domain. As a target domain, professional development borrows from craft traditions (apprenticeship, journeyman, master), agriculture (cultivation, seasoning), and construction (building, foundation). The domain foregrounds the tension between formal credentials and demonstrated competence, and between time-served and skill-acquired models of expertise.

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