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Auld, Megan; Doig, Emmah; Bennett, Sally – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2023
Background: Knowledge brokers in higher education are described as requiring a broad range of skills and characteristics, leading to both role conflict and ambiguity. Although existing studies report broad concepts regarding the role of knowledge brokers, the activities that they actually perform to broker knowledge are not systematically reported…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Universities, Role, Networks
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Caitlyn Hauff; Sara M. Powell; Hannah Bennett; Jonathan Stewart; Anya Salzgeber; Skylar Jewell – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
The graduate school experience is a relevant part of professional development and can be instrumental in framing future careers. There is, however, a lack of resources and understanding concerning how institutions can best develop a positive culture during graduate school. In this paper, six professionals outline their graduate program experiences…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Communities of Practice, Teacher Student Relationship
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Amy E. Hall; Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
In health science education, interprofessional education (IPE) and collaboration (IPC) support the creation of healthcare teams that provide optimal patient care. Despite the need for increased IPE/IPC, most faculty remain siloed by discipline, offering an opportunity for teaching centers to serve as IPE/IPC hubs. This article explores faculty…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty, Communities of Practice, Health Sciences
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Bjørnsrud, Halvor; Nilsen, Sven – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2019
The main theme of this article is teachers' experiences of how joint reflection and common follow-up practices impact on the development of inclusive education. The study was conducted using an adapted letter method, where the teachers at one school in Norway answered some open questions by discussing and formulating a joint text. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Inclusion
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Norwich, Brahm; Fujita, Taro; Adlam, Anna; Milton, Fraser; Edwards-Jones, Andrew – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
This paper describes an innovative use of Lesson Study (LS), an internationally used collaborative approach in which teachers develop their teaching knowledge and practices. It aimed to evaluate how EPs join teachers in LS teams, using working memory and other knowledge to inform the teaching of pupils with learning difficulties. The study uses a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
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McMurtry, Angus – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013
The purpose of this article is to begin to explore how collective and sociomaterial theories of learning might be applied within interdisciplinary and interprofessional contexts--in particular the team-based collaboration that is playing an ever larger role in both fields. It ?? articulates several key features of interdisciplinary and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Interprofessional Relationship, Learning Theories, Social Theories
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Parker, Ramona Ann; Gottlieb, Helmut; Dominguez, Daniel G.; Sanchez-Diaz, Patricia C.; Jones, Mary Elaine – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
In 2012, a private University in South Texas sought to prepare eight cohorts of 25 nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and health care administration students with an interprofessional education activity as a model for collaborative learning. The two semester interprofessional activity used a blended model (Blackboard Learn®,…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Models, Private Schools, Higher Education
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Taylor, Matthew J.; Hallam, Pamela R.; Charlton, Cade T.; Wall, D. Gary – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have become increasingly popular in schools. PLCs are groups of teachers, administrators, parents, and students who collaborate to improve their practices and focus on results (DuFour, 2004). Grade-level and department teachers participate in regularly scheduled collaborative team meetings; however, many…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Teamwork, Interprofessional Relationship, Communities of Practice
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Curwen, Margaret Sauceda; Colón-Muñiz, Anaida – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2013
Latino students, as children of historically underachieving populations, often have their academic success in jeopardy. For many schools, after-school programs complement the regular school day, with more than half of the 49,700 U.S. elementary schools having one or more on-site programs. Such programs vary in intent, purposes, and resources and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Elementary Schools, Poverty Areas, Extended School Day
Ellwood, Cheryl Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Professional learning communities and teacher efficacy are at the core of many of the current educational reform models. The intention of this dissertation was to identify the correlation between professional learning communities and collective teacher efficacy for math data teams in the six Kaua'i Complex Area secondary schools, as measured by…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes
Wells, Richard H. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The intent of this exploratory study was to examine the relationship between suburban public elementary school teachers' reports of their core competencies to function in a team, and their reports of the extent to which teachers and administrators in their schools engaged in practices known to support the development of well-functioning…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development