The Writing Group : A Community of Practice and Collegiality
(2024) p.109-118- Abstract
- In a seminar room at LUX, one of the buildings of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, a group of PhD students and senior scholars are in deep concentration in front of their computers. It is pin-drop silent in the room until the alarm goes off and everyone starts moving and talking. This is the writing group, an informal and voluntary way of working together in time slots with 45 minutes of writing and a 15-minute break each hour. This collegial way of structuring the day and working together is gaining interest and the group is growing. This article describes the experiences of group participants and, with the aid of theoretical perspectives on collegiality and social learning,... (More)
- In a seminar room at LUX, one of the buildings of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, a group of PhD students and senior scholars are in deep concentration in front of their computers. It is pin-drop silent in the room until the alarm goes off and everyone starts moving and talking. This is the writing group, an informal and voluntary way of working together in time slots with 45 minutes of writing and a 15-minute break each hour. This collegial way of structuring the day and working together is gaining interest and the group is growing. This article describes the experiences of group participants and, with the aid of theoretical perspectives on collegiality and social learning, explains the benefits of this group for individual scholars as well as for their working environment. (Less)
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- author
- Cejvan, Olivia LU ; Göransson, Elisabet LU ; La Mela, Vera LU ; Markussen, Hege Irene LU and Pedersen Schmidt, Simon LU
- organization
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- History of Religions and Religious Behavioural Science
- Affiliated History of Religions
- Interdisc. Latin
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Division of Book History
- Administration
- Latin
- History of Religions
- Systematic Theology
- Studies in Faith and World Views
- Global Christianity and Interreligious Relations
- Church and Mission Studies
- publishing date
- 2024-03-27
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Teaching and Learning, social learning, Community of Practice
- categories
- Higher Education
- host publication
- Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives : Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning - Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning
- editor
- Santesson, Sara and Andersson, Sara
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University
- ISBN
- 978-91-7267-484-4
- 978-91-7267-485-1
- DOI
- 10.37852/oblu.254.c603
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- a3b0f4c7-a507-481a-bde6-93fc69d1a521
- date added to LUP
- 2024-04-08 11:39:30
- date last changed
- 2024-04-13 03:03:34
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