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Promoting Professional Development Through Communities of Practice – an Example of Educational Development in Sweden

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Author

Editor

  • Milton Cox

Summary, in English

This chapter explores the idea of community of practice in relation to Swedish educational development. Two authentic cases illustrate how faculty developers work together as a CoP to promote change within universities. The two cases and their results are scrutinized in relation to key features of CoP, where one case arguably came out stronger as a CoP mainly in terms of identity building. The text concludes by summarizing some keys to success when communities of practice approaches are used in professional development.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Publication/Series

Faculty and Professional Learning Communities: Effectively Engaging Communities of Practice in Higher Education

Document type

Book chapter

Topic

  • Educational Sciences
  • Pedagogy

Keywords

  • SoTL

Status

Submitted