Beyond Communities of Practice [electronic resource] : Theory as Experience

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stehlik, Tom.

Contributor:

Carden, Pam.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Maleny : eContent Management Pty Ltd, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection authors from around Australia and from Finland investigate communities of practice in a range of diverse situations, including new school teachers, offshore university students, probationary police constables, collaboration between scientists, and funeral industry workers. In doing so they go beyond the original theory of communities of practice, adding new dimensions of experience such as the importance of power relations, emotions and social identities.

Contents:

Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 - Perspectives on academic communities of practice; Chapter 1 - Safeguarding academic communities: Retaining texture and passion in the academy; Introduction; The shifting concept of communities of practice; Method; The collegial community of practice; Applying Wenger's concept of communities of practice to collegiality; Bringing power back into communities of practice research; Discursive socialisation: Bringing language back into communities of practice research; Conclusions; References

Chapter 2 - New kinds of education, new kinds of students: Communities of practice intransnational higher educationIntroduction; The context of transnational higher education; The research project; Singapore; Hong Kong; Malaysia; Discussion and conclusion; References; Chapter 3 - Mythopoetic communities of practice in postgraduate educational research; Introduction; Finding the authority to imagine; Unitary transformation, imaginal knowing and mythopoesis; Unitary transformation and individuation; Imaginal knowing and mythopoesis; Aesthetic reflective pedagogy; Mythopoetic reflection

Aesthetic pedagogy for mythopoesisMythopoetic evocation in researcher communities of practice; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 - Building a knowledge management context for communities of practice: The concept of 'ba' as a knowledge platform for a group of students; Students as a community of practice; What is knowledge management (KM)?; How is knowledge created?; What is 'ba'?; How is this concept useful for communities of practice in a KM context?; Description of the course; Applying the idea of 'ba' to the student community of practice

Student response to being part of the community of practiceConclusion; References; Chapter 5 - Emotional journeying: A community of practice undergoing radical change; Introduction; Membership in a community of practice; Legitimate peripheral participation; Identity formation; Missing emotional dimension; Developing a community of practice; Difficulties; Loss and new learning; Old-timers as newcomers; Newcomers; Resolution and consolidation of identity in practice; Conclusion; References; Part 2 - Communities of practice in school-based settings

Chapter 6 - Beyond communities of practice: Learning circles for transformational school leadershipIntroduction; Background; Community: Learning as belonging; Trusting and respectful relationships; A commitment to reciprocity; A shared agenda; Meaning: Learning as experiences; Participation in structured learning conversations; Analysing stories of significant change; Practice: Learning as doing; Changing practice by changing thinking; The evolutionary nature of changing practice; The paradoxical nature of practice; Identity: Learning as becoming

Developing identity by challenging participants' world views

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-922019-14-3

OCLC:

782875635