Capabilities: A grid to read professionalization conditions at work and in training
Professionalization is often defined as the implementation of actions enabling continuous and situated development of skills through and within work situations. This definition does not differentiate professionalization from work-based training. It is toward what ends they are used that distinguishes professionalization from training. Training is generally focused on the ability to act, while professionalization focuses on the power to act. In this perspective we use the capabilities framework understood as a power to act, in order to consider professionalization approaches, modalities, practices, systems or situations, and to question the capability to professionalize oneself. We first define terms related to capabilities and then describe the capabilities framework. Finally, we will analyze how this theoretical approach can be used to interpret professionalization.