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Strategies for Achieving Scale within Communities of Practice Aimed at Pedagogical Reform in Higher Education
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Kezar, Adrianna; Gehrke, Sean – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2017
A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it as they interact regularly. Higher education leaders are attracted to CoPs because they are a peer-based model of learning with colleagues, which works well for professionals such as faculty. These authors identified…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Communities of Practice, Higher Education, Models
Designing for Success in STEM Communities of Practice: Philosophy and Personal Interactions
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Kezar, Adrianna; Gehrke, Sean; Bernstein-Sierra, Samantha – Review of Higher Education, 2017
For the past 20 years, countless reports have been issued calling for reform of undergraduate education to improve student learning, persistence, and graduation rates for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. However, by many measures, recommendations in these reports have not been widely implemented. While…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Success, STEM Education, Communities of Practice