Who do you talk to? Collegial conversations in academic microcultures

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dc.contributor.authorMartensson, Katarina
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-12T23:11:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-12T23:11:27Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.description.abstractFaculty members are the most pivotal actors if teaching and learning is to develop. Engagement in conversations and scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) can improve the quality of teaching as well as student learning (Trigwell & Shale, 2004). However, these processes do not happen in isolation. Faculty, students and supportive staff are all part of sociocultural, collegial contexts where norms, values and traditions are developed over time (Trowler, 2008). This leads to certain taken-for-granteds, assumptions and practices in relation to teaching, learning and assessment. Any teaching team, working group, academic programme or department could be said to constitute an academic microculture (Roxå & Mårtensson, 2015) that has developed its own set of such traditions in relation to teaching and learning. This presentation will highlight some of the sociocultural factors that influence the academic workplace, in particular the role of significant and collegial conversations. These factors are useful to know about whether one is in academia as a faculty member, a support staff, a student, a leader, an academic developer or other. Drawing on a recent book-chapter (Mårtensson & Roxå, 2016), concepts such as significant networks (Roxå & Mårtensson, 2009), academic microcultures (Roxå & Mårtensson, 2015) and communities of practice (Wenger, 1999) will be explored and exemplified, and their relevance for development of teaching and learning will be discussed.en_US
dc.description.refereedNoen_US
dc.identifier.citationMartensson, K. (2017). Who do you talk to? Collegial conversations in academic microcultures, University of Calgary Conference on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching: Creating a Learning Culture: Conversations that Matter, Calgary, May 2-3. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/10286
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51979
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.institutionLund Universityen_US
dc.titleWho do you talk to? Collegial conversations in academic microculturesen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
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