TY - GEN
T1 - Adopting learning circle approaches to equip academic staff for community engaged research and learning practices
AU - Moriau, Linde
AU - Matolay, Réka
AU - McKenna, Emma
AU - Toarniczky, Andrea
AU - Gáspár, Judit
AU - Frigyik, Márta
AU - Van der Schueren, Brecht
AU - McCann, Sinéad
AU - McGowan, Caroline
AU - Bates, Catherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Conference on Higher Education Advances. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The purpose is to explore the potential of Learning Circle (LC) approaches with an aim of equipping academic staff for Community Engaged Research and Learning (CERL) practices. We draw on the experiences from a three-year Erasmus+ project, CIRCLET. It aimed to meet the demand to better align higher education with the needs of the rapidly changing 21st century society, by enhancing the professional development of academic staff and fostering a culture of engagement. The article presents a case study-based argument that the LC - as a community of practice approach - is an effective instrument for, and has the potential to tackle, many of the challenges of professional development. We draw on a combined method, building case studies from post-interviews, personal notes and observations. We present four different cases, and offer suggestions for how LCs created a safe space, thus enabling learning at different levels which supported academics to build CERL into curricula.
AB - The purpose is to explore the potential of Learning Circle (LC) approaches with an aim of equipping academic staff for Community Engaged Research and Learning (CERL) practices. We draw on the experiences from a three-year Erasmus+ project, CIRCLET. It aimed to meet the demand to better align higher education with the needs of the rapidly changing 21st century society, by enhancing the professional development of academic staff and fostering a culture of engagement. The article presents a case study-based argument that the LC - as a community of practice approach - is an effective instrument for, and has the potential to tackle, many of the challenges of professional development. We draw on a combined method, building case studies from post-interviews, personal notes and observations. We present four different cases, and offer suggestions for how LCs created a safe space, thus enabling learning at different levels which supported academics to build CERL into curricula.
KW - Learning circle
KW - community engaged research and learning
KW - community of practice
KW - professional development
KW - science shop
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173941297&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16360
DO - 10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16360
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85173941297
T3 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances
SP - 255
EP - 262
BT - HEAd 2023 - 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances
PB - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia.
T2 - 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd 2023
Y2 - 19 June 2023 through 22 June 2023
ER -