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Yeo, Michelle; Haggarty, Liam; Wida, Wathu; Ayoungman, Kent; Pearl, Catherine M. L.; Stogre, Tanya; Waldie, Angela – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2019
This chapter describes a faculty learning community formed at our university, in partnership with local Indigenous communities, as part of our response to Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. We interviewed participants about their experiences in this group, including their challenges and transformations.
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Conflict Resolution, Communities of Practice, College Faculty
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Miller-Young, Janice; Boman, Jennifer – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2017
This final chapter synthesizes the findings and implications derived from applying the Decoding the Disciplines model across disciplines and within communities of practice. We make practical suggestions for teachers and researchers who wish to apply and extend this work.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Models, Educational Practices
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Boman, Jennifer; Currie, Genevieve; MacDonald, Ron; Miller-Young, Janice; Yeo, Michelle; Zettel, Stephanie – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2017
In this chapter we describe the Decoding the Disciplines Faculty Learning Community at Mount Royal University and how Decoding has been used in new and multidisciplinary ways in the various teaching, curriculum, and research projects that are presented in detail in subsequent chapters.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
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Florman, Jean C.; Just, Craig; Naka, Tomomi; Peterson, Jim; Seaba, Hazel H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
In this article, the authors describe how an existing partnership between two communities, one in eastern Iowa and one in Mexico, was turned into a cross-disciplinary and international service learning course for students in the University of Iowa Colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The projects that students worked…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Community Development
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Smith, Janet – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Since the first Circle of Trust retreat was offered in 2005, the Center for Courage & Renewal (CCR) and other individual facilitators across the United States, Canada, and Australia have continued to offer many cross-professional retreats, as they have proven extremely popular. They are designed for people from any profession who want to…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Program Effectiveness
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Grabove, Valerie L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
In this article, the author describes how a mid-sized community college in Ontario embraces the notion of internationalization. Although her analysis concludes that most of the institutional initiatives are market-driven and aimed at increasing revenue, she also observes that these entrepreneurial efforts at college-level have had the desirable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflection, Trend Analysis, Barriers