Human Fallibility

• The Ambiguity of Errors for Work and Learning: Introduction to the Volume Johannes Bauer and Christian Harteis.- Part A: Errors, their Learning Potential, and the Processes of Learning from Errors.- Errors and Learning from Errors at Work Stephen Billett.- Tracing Outcomes of Learning from Errors on the Level of Knowledge Martin Gartmeier and Elke Schüttelkopf .- Towards a Theory of Negative Knowledge (NK): Almost-Mistakes as Drivers of Episodic Memory Amplification Fritz Oser, Catherine Näpflin, Christine Hofer, and Philipp Aerni.- Professional knowledge is (also) knowledge about errors Hans Gruber and Michael Mohe.- Part B: Methodological strategies.- Research on Errors and Learning from them: Methodological Perspectives Klaus Mehl and Theo Wehner.- Measuring Organizational Climate for Learning from Errors at Work Daniel Putz, Jan Schilling, and Annette Kluge.- Part C: Learning from Errors in the Professions.- Innovation by Learning from Mistakes: The Relationships between Team Characteristics, Error Orientation, and Team Innovation Marianne van Woerkom.- Error Orientation and Intuitive Decision Making: Results of an Exploratory Study in the Domain of Emergency Medicine Christian Harteis and Franziska Frost.- Learning from Errors in the Professions: Empirical Findings on Processes, Outcomes, and Supportive Conditions Johannes Bauer, Martin Gartmeier, and Christian Harteis.- Part D: Enabling Learning from Errors.- Dealing Effectively with Errors during Training  Nina Keith.- Reflecting on Learning from Errors in School Instruction – Findings and Suggestions from a Swiss-German Video Study Inger Marie Dalehefte, Manfred Prenzel, and Tina Seidel.-Learning from Errors: The Role of After-Event Reviews Shmuel Ellis.- Incident Reporting Systems in Hospitals: How does Learning Occur Using this Organizational Instrument? Yvonne Pfeiffer and Theo Wehner.- Conclusion.- Research on Human Fallibility and Learning from Errors at Work: Challenges for Theory, Research, and Practice Christian Harteis, Johannes Bauer, and Helmut Heid.Part B: Methodological strategies.- Research on Errors and Learning from them: Methodological Perspectives Klaus Mehl and Theo Wehner.- Measuring Organizational Climate for Learning from Errors at Work Daniel Putz, Jan Schilling, and Annette Kluge.- Part C: Learning from Errors in the Professions.- Innovation by Learning from Mistakes: The Relationships between Team Characteristics, Error Orientation, and Team Innovation Marianne van Woerkom.- Error Orientation and Intuitive Decision Making: Results of an Exploratory Study in the Domain of Emergency Medicine Christian Harteis and Franziska Frost.- Learning from Errors in the Professions: Empirical Findings on Processes, Outcomes, and Supportive Conditions Johannes Bauer, Martin Gartmeier, and Christian Harteis.- Part D: Enabling Learning from Errors.- Dealing Effectively with Errors during Training  Nina Keith.- Reflecting on Learning from Errors in School Instruction – Findings and Suggestions from a Swiss-German Video Study Inger Marie Dalehefte, Manfred Prenzel, and Tina Seidel.- Learning from Errors: The Role of After-Event Reviews Shmuel Ellis.- Incident Reporting Systems in Hospitals: How does Learning Occur Using this Organizational Instrument? Yvonne Pfeiffer and Theo Wehner.- Conclusion.- Research on Human Fallibility and Learning from Errors at Work: Challenges forTheory, Research, and Practice Christian Harteis, Johannes Bauer, and Helmut Heid.

From the book reviews: "'Human Fallibility' offers an up-to-date compilation of varying perspectives, methods, and results of the relations between errors, work, and learning in several contexts. ... the editors deliver an up-to-date overview of a wide range of issues and methods related to learning from errors. ... The book also reveals several ways of furthering the development of the field. ... 'Human Fallibility' offers more than just a starting point." (Andreas Rausch, Vacations and Learning, Vol. 7, 2014)