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Narrative encounters of pedagogic partnership, and the development of collegial capital in higher education
- Source :
- Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 8:17-29
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Emerald, 2022.
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Abstract
- PurposeThe study explores the relational encounters of five higher education tutors and programme leaders, working in collaboration across contrasting institutions: one, a modern, civic university in the Global North, and the other, a parastatal institution in the Global South. The purpose of the study is to deepen the understanding of evolving collegiality within a transnational partnership, stimulated by the COVID-19 pandemic related shift to online teaching and learning.Design/methodology/approachThe inquiry is informed conceptually by the concept of narrative encounter as a site of learning, with inductive, meta-analysis undertaken across our individual reflective narratives.FindingsThe narratives reveal three emergent themes: shared purpose, shared responsibility – through focus, routinised dialogue and concreteness; collective and individual risk-taking – through negotiated decision-making; and trust in self and in peers – through reciprocity, caring, duality and building on stable practices.Research limitations/implicationsThe data from which this paper is developed and its related central thesis of collegial capital are limited and partial. However, when agility within higher education partnerships is at a premium, this paper is a useful touchstone for further reflection.Originality/valueThe paper seeks to further the concept of collegiality and collegial capital, a dialogical affordance which enabled the partnership to build on previous collaborative successes.
- Subjects :
- Social Psychology
Communication
Education
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20569548
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Professional Capital and Community
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4006a1b82a2a70e6c97283d124241469