1st Edition
Exploring Communities of Practice in Higher Education Building an Inclusive University Culture
Edited By Steven Pattinson
Copyright 2026
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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Exploring how wide-ranging debates have supported, extended, repositioned, or conflicted with the original notion of Communities of Practice (CoPs) as sites of situated learning, this book argues that they can be cultivated and managed in higher education settings to create and support an inclusive culture for teaching and research, and career development.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Reconceptualising communities of practice in higher education
Chapter 2: Communities of practice and the shaping of university culture.
Chapter 3: Communities of practice in Australian honours: A practical and theoretical analysis.
Chapter 4: Collaborative teaching and learning cultures in universities
Chapter 5: Communities of practice and research collaboration: Supporting research culture
Chapter 7: Communities of practice and academic identity
Biography
Steven Pattinson is Visiting Research Fellow, Newcastle University Business School, UK.
