On the Journey to a Contemplative Library: Reflections from a Professional Community of Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Nancy S. Gibson ◽  
Matthew T. Regan
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Professional Community

scholarly journals Conservatoire students' perceptions of Master Classes

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Creech ◽  
Helena Gaunt ◽  
Susan Hallam ◽  
Linnhe Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Audience Member ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Practice Performance ◽  
Musical Interpretation ◽  
Prior Experiences

The aim of this research was to investigate the value and purpose of Master Classes, from the perspective of Conservatoire students. Thirty-seven UK Conservatoire students responded to a questionnaire, providing information about their prior experiences of Master Classes, the factors that they considered to be important in a successful Master Class and any possible barriers to learning in Master Classes. The students considered Master Classes to offer valuable performance opportunities, fresh ideas for approaching musical interpretation and technique and access to a professional community of practice. Performance anxiety was noted as a barrier to learning for those who performed in Master Classes and students raised several issues relating to the problematic notion of ‘participation’ as an audience member. Whilst the sample was clearly limited, these findings contribute to an understanding of how students might best be facilitated in capitalising on the opportunity to learn in Master Class contexts.

scholarly journals EFL teacher professional change in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-221
Author(s):  
Helen B. Toraskar
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Potential Growth ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Professional Change

Abstract This article examines teacher professional change and compares two 10th standard English as a Foreign Language teachers employed in a Marathi-medium secondary school in Pune (India) at different stages in their careers. Wenger’s (1998) three interconnected Community of Practice dimensions (i.e. mutual engagement, joint enterprise and shared repertoire) highlight pertinent facets of the teachers’ professional lives as viewed from the sociocultural perspective (Vygotsky, 1978). Case study methodology was utilized within a qualitative, ethnographic research paradigm. The aim is to uncover how the two EFL teachers engage in their professional community of practice and their career trajectories. Firstly, the data analysis indicates that periphery member status is established through active engagement in the professional community which creates trajectories along which novices may travel. Secondly, the accessing and sharing of information, ideas and experiences is beneficial for all members as it strengthens professional relationships and reconfirms already existing members’ central position. Lastly, active engagement in a professional community of practice offers a means of potential growth for novice teachers and central members. Access to communal resources such as new knowledge, stories and artifacts is acquired and aids in establishing novices’ competency.

scholarly journals Professional socialization: an analytical definition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homa Sadeghi Avval Shahr ◽  
Shahram Yazdani ◽  
Leila Afshar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Electronic Database ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Specific Culture

Professional socialization is defined as a process through which a person becomes a legitimate member of a professional society. This will have a great impact on an individual’s professional conduct and morality. The aim of this study was to clarify this concept and reduce the ambiguities around it. This was a qualitative research through which the concept of professional socialization was analyzed using Walker and Avant’s eight-step approach. The review of literature for this concept was done using electronic database without any time limitation. The overall search produced about 780 articles, and after reviewing these articles, 21 were selected purposefully. Based on concept analysis, we propose the following analytical definition: Professional socialization is a nonlinear, continuous, interactive, transformative, personal, psychosocial and selfreinforcing process that is formed through internalization of the specific culture of a professional community, and can be affected by individual, organizational and interactional factors. This definition is in accordance with the interactionism perspective. Existence of a particular profession and getting involved in a community of practice are the antecedents of this process, and formation of professional identity and professional development are its consequences. A case model, as well as borderline and related cases, has been introduced for this concept. The results of this study can be used to design useful educational interventions to conduct and facilitate the process.

scholarly journals HOBE+ case study, how a virtual community of practice to support innovation in primary care becomes a corporate innovation tool in Osakidetza (Basque Public Health Service)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Galder Abos Mendizabal ◽  
Roberto Nuño Solinis ◽  
Irune Zaballa Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Primary Care Professionals

<p>A virtual professional community of practice (VCoP), HOBE+, was set up in 2011 to foster and facilitate innovation . It was aimed at all primary care professionals of the Basque Public Health Service (Osakidetza) in the provinces of Biscay and Araba. HOBE+ incorporated a innovation management process from the generation of ideas to their implementation.</p><p>In 2015, based on its success, HOBE+ became a corporate tool in Osakidetza extending its radio of action to all employees and settings (primary and Hospital care).</p><p class="h2">This manuscript objective is to assess, via a case study method, the process of developing and implementing a VCoP open to all primary care professionals in Osakidetza, including the take-up, participation and use of this VCoP in the first 15 months after its launch in October 2011. The usefulness of the VCoP was also assessed through a survey gathering the opinions of the professionals involved.</p><p>The experience shows that it is possible to create a virtual CoP for innovation in primary care where professionals from different professional categories propose ideas for innovation that are ultimately implemented; a experience that had been later on refined and extended to all Osakidetza.</p>

Exploring the information practices of lawyers

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1003-1021
Author(s):  
Jenny Bronstein ◽  
Yosef Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Information Practices ◽  
Information Assimilation ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

PurposeThis study examines the information practices of Israeli lawyers highlighting the central role that information plays in professional communities of practice. Examining the information practices of lawyers characterizes the information behavior of this community of practice.Design/methodology/approachInformation practices are those recurrent practices related to actively seeking information for a variety of sources socially and contextually situated within members of a professional community. Twenty semi-structured interviews were carried out with lawyers in Israel that investigated the different ways by which lawyers interact with information in their professional work. Data collected in the interviews were analyzed using a grounded theory approach.FindingsFindings from the content analysis of the interviews revealed three main themes: information assimilation, networking and self-promotion and content creation that encompass a wide variety of information practices related to seeking information related to a case, preparing and presenting a case, providing support for the client, collaborating with other members of the professional community and promoting their professional practice.Originality/valueThis study provides an innovating perspective of the ways by which an information-rich community of practice engages with information, solves problems, build social connections and creates new content.

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