Wenger (2000, 229) describes communities of practice as the ‘basic building blocks of a social learning system’ since they are the ‘social containers’ that make up such a system. By practising in academic communities, academics define with one another what constitutes academic competence and, for that matter, what constitutes quality. Departments as spaces for enhancing learning and scholarly work in universities have received some attention (Ylijoki 2000; Blackwell 2003; Ramsden 1998; Middlehurst 1993), and other authors (e.g. Knight and Trowler 2001) have emphasised the practice of induction and socialisation of staff into university departments. It appears, however, that the issue of communities of practice, as experienced and cultivated...
The use of teams or quality circles is a relatively new approach to quality improvement in higher ed...
Communities of practice (CoPs) are generally endorsed in higher education, but there are few example...
One of the main beliefs in quality assurance is that this activity – indirectly – will stimulate cha...
Higher education institutions need to value and nurture the knowledge of, and support social interac...
Power is framed within systems of influence and, in higher education, one field of influence potenti...
The idea and implementation of learning communities are gaining favour in higher education instituti...
Communities of practice (CoPs) are generally endorsed in higher education, but there are few example...
Abstract—Constructivist approaches to learning suggest that learning within groups is more effective...
While the concept of learning communities is now widely known and generally endorsed in higher educa...
Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.Knowledge is a key resource. It ...
In this book about communities of practice in the international, higher education sector, the author...
Constructivist approaches to learning suggest that learning within groups is more effective than ind...
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Educ...
Quality assurance is an important subject in modern universities. After discussing several theoretic...
There has been a lot written about the benefits of communities of practice (CoP) in university. The ...
The use of teams or quality circles is a relatively new approach to quality improvement in higher ed...
Communities of practice (CoPs) are generally endorsed in higher education, but there are few example...
One of the main beliefs in quality assurance is that this activity – indirectly – will stimulate cha...
Higher education institutions need to value and nurture the knowledge of, and support social interac...
Power is framed within systems of influence and, in higher education, one field of influence potenti...
The idea and implementation of learning communities are gaining favour in higher education instituti...
Communities of practice (CoPs) are generally endorsed in higher education, but there are few example...
Abstract—Constructivist approaches to learning suggest that learning within groups is more effective...
While the concept of learning communities is now widely known and generally endorsed in higher educa...
Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.Knowledge is a key resource. It ...
In this book about communities of practice in the international, higher education sector, the author...
Constructivist approaches to learning suggest that learning within groups is more effective than ind...
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Educ...
Quality assurance is an important subject in modern universities. After discussing several theoretic...
There has been a lot written about the benefits of communities of practice (CoP) in university. The ...
The use of teams or quality circles is a relatively new approach to quality improvement in higher ed...
Communities of practice (CoPs) are generally endorsed in higher education, but there are few example...
One of the main beliefs in quality assurance is that this activity – indirectly – will stimulate cha...