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International Journal of Interpreter Education
Expertise; deliberate practice; mindset; action research; graduation–certification gap
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Developing Expertise Through A Deliberate Practice Project, Gertrude Schafer
Developing Expertise Through A Deliberate Practice Project, Gertrude Schafer
International Journal of Interpreter Education
Ericsson (2001) defines expertise as follows, “Expert performers can reliably reproduce their performance any time when required such as during competition and training” (p. 194). Merely practicing a skill repeatedly will not result in expert performance. However, “deliberate practice” can improve performance. Deliberate practice is defined as “…tasks that are initially outside of their current realm of reliable performance, yet can be mastered within hours of practice by concentrating on critical aspects and by gradually refining performance through repetitions after feedback” (Ericsson 2006, p. 692). Mindset effects deliberate practice. Dweck (2006) describes two types of mindset: fixed and growth. A …