Teaching and Learning about Communities of Practice in Higher Education Export

@incollection{CLEE_1_17, abstract = {Communities of practice (CoPs) are presented in literature as an efficient tool for creating and sharing knowledge among professionals. In order to learn more about CoPs, four CoPs within Hanze University Groningen, the Netherlands, were studied. Hanze University offers degree courses at the bachelor level. This research project investigates the functioning of CoPs by way of action research. Three questions are answered: How do CoPs work; what are the success factors? What are the success factors of CoPs in Higher Education as compared to those from literature? Can working as a CoP be taught, and if so, how should we go about this? The results are translated into an educational model for teaching and learning about CoPs, with the conclusion that teaching and learning about CoPs helps to start and nurture CoPs in an educational institution.}, address = {Charlotte, NC}, author = {Cremers, Petra and Valkenburg, Rianne}, booktitle = {Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators}, chapter = {17}, citeulike-article-id = {2662142}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/Book_1/Chapters/Chapter_17.html}, editor = {Kimble, Chris and Hildreth, Paul}, keywords = {action\_research, bachelor\_degree\_course, book, clee, higher\_education, higher\_professional\_education, knowledge\_institute, lecturer\_cops, student\_cops, success\_factors, teaching\_about\_cops}, pages = {333--354}, posted-at = {2008-04-12 20:47:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Information Age Publishing}, title = {Teaching and Learning about Communities of Practice in Higher Education}, url = {http://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/Book_1/Chapters/Chapter_17.html}, volume = {1}, year = {2008} }

TY - CHAP ID - CLEE_1_17 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2662142 N2 - Communities of practice (CoPs) are presented in literature as an efficient tool for creating and sharing knowledge among professionals. In order to learn more about CoPs, four CoPs within Hanze University Groningen, the Netherlands, were studied. Hanze University offers degree courses at the bachelor level. This research project investigates the functioning of CoPs by way of action research. Three questions are answered: How do CoPs work; what are the success factors? What are the success factors of CoPs in Higher Education as compared to those from literature? Can working as a CoP be taught, and if so, how should we go about this? The results are translated into an educational model for teaching and learning about CoPs, with the conclusion that teaching and learning about CoPs helps to start and nurture CoPs in an educational institution. AD - Charlotte, NC EP - 354 TI - Teaching and Learning about Communities of Practice in Higher Education PB - Information Age Publishing VL - 1 T2 - Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators SP - 333 KW - action_research KW - bachelor_degree_course KW - book KW - clee KW - higher_education KW - higher_professional_education KW - knowledge_institute KW - lecturer_cops KW - student_cops KW - success_factors KW - teaching_about_cops AU - Cremers, Petra AU - Valkenburg, Rianne A2 - Kimble, Chris A2 - Hildreth, Paul PY - 2008/// UR - http://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/Book_1/Chapters/Chapter_17.html ER -