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The Writing Group : A Community of Practice and Collegiality

Cejvan, Olivia LU orcid ; Göransson, Elisabet LU orcid ; La Mela, Vera LU orcid ; Markussen, Hege Irene LU and Pedersen Schmidt, Simon LU orcid (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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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
978-91-7267-485-1
978-91-7267-484-4
DOI
10.37852/oblu.254.c603
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English
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yes
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a3b0f4c7-a507-481a-bde6-93fc69d1a521
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2024-04-08 11:39:30
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  author       = {{Cejvan, Olivia and Göransson, Elisabet and La Mela, Vera and Markussen, Hege Irene and Pedersen Schmidt, Simon}},
  booktitle    = {{Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives : Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning}},
  editor       = {{Santesson, Sara and Andersson, Sara}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-7267-485-1}},
  keywords     = {{Teaching and Learning; social learning; Community of Practice}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  pages        = {{109--118}},
  publisher    = {{Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University}},
  title        = {{The Writing Group : A Community of Practice and Collegiality}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.37852/oblu.254.c603}},
  doi          = {{10.37852/oblu.254.c603}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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