Presentation Three Transforming professional identity in a collegial online community Karen Sinclair, School of Education

Transforming professional identity in a collegial online community

The Innovative Teaching Seminar Series session on “Developing Learning Communities” Friday 18th September 12-1.45 pm Casuarina Blue 2A 1.01Convenors: Associate Professor Greg Shaw and Dr David McConnell

Overview Achievement trends and student satisfaction among two large groups of the 400-level, GDTL cohorts markedly improved over previous semesters through replacing one systems pedagogy with another. Framing the social organisation of the intensive study block as a heterarchy rather than as either a network or a hierarchy became a turning point where achievement trends markedly improved.

Presenter Karen Sinclair, School of Education

What is involved for the lecturer?

What is involved for lecturer-student collaboration?

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Empirical Research Findings- Triangulated Feedback Within A Professional Community = Ecological Validity = Authentic Development of ExpertiseSources: Ceci, 1996; Bronfenbrenner, 1979; Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006)

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Connection by technology without trust is merely traffic. Trusted connection without technology is an opportunity lost. To survive as a species we need both, but not at the expense of the other.

Stephenson, 2009; Neither Hierarchy nor Network: An Argument for Heterarchy, page 7

Heterarchy defined

“Complex digital ecologies”, “extended connectivity” … “organizational diversity and a distributed intelligence negotiated across multiple evaluative criteria” featuring “opportunities to radically redefine the mission and [to] redesign operations”

Center for Organisational Innovation, Columbia University Accessed 14/9/15 via http://www.coi.columbia.edu/heterarchy_whatis.html

Multiple hubs as sites for education diplomacy where inviting, exchanging and critiquing knowledge becomes par for the course among interested parties…

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What creates collegial, productive hub cultures?

Multiple study hubs, not all visible, and that’s [tentatively] okay “Mutual, developmental profit” (Bronfenbrenner, 1979; Ceci, 1996) Capable students strategically disposed to self-monitor the terms of their own success (also, when visible, models are assets) A “community” co-constructed as visibly cooperative in producing evidence of progress and achievement for individuals and their colleagues A code or ethic based on informed choice and trust, not altruism, force, or faith Joint evaluations of a goodness-of-fit between what unit requirements mean and what range of productive assessment responses are possibleDocumenting and storing group dialogues extends flexibility and “on demand” access to the moderated success strategies (ecological validity)

New Roles / Identities

Practise- Novelty- Safety- Support

New knowledgeNew to familiar; Familiar

to new = Metalogue

Learning Resources

Assessment- How well?

Co-create feedback loops Hub formation and regular activity improves

quality of exchanges (i.e. proximal processes)

Joint Goals

The Project Acquire Expertise

“Developmental Profit”

AITSL Teaching Standards “Workplace Ready”

Evidence-based Portfolio

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Expertise = communal criteria & standards

Formative feedback - Moderation- Triangulation

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Collegiality -> TrustMutual Attraction

Regular Collaboration

Thanks for listening!

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Albertsen, N., & Diken, B. (2009). Mobility, Justification, and the City. Mobility, Justification, and the City, vvv. Retrieved from www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology/papers/albertsen-diken-mobility-justification.pd

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Ceci, S. (1996). On Intelligence: A Bio-Ecological Treatise on Intellectual Development (Expanded Edition). Cambridge, USA: Harvard University Press.

Crowther, F., Kaagan, S., Ferguson, M., & Hahn, L. (2002). Developing Teacher Leaders: How Teacher Leadership Enhances School Success. California, London and New Delhi: Corwin Press, Inc.

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Staller, K. (2007). Metalogue as Methodology : Inquiries into Conversations among Authors, Editors and Referees. Qualitative Social Work, 6(2). doi: 10.1177/1473325007077236

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Continued Wirkala, C., & Kuhn, D. (2011). Problem-Based Learning in K–12 Education- Is it Effective and How Does it Achieve its Effects? American Education Research Journal 48 (5), 1157=1186.

AccessEd. (2010). Rich Tasks. Brisbane: The State of Queensland Retrieved from http://education.qld.gov.au/corporate/newbasics/pdfs/richtasksbklet.pdf.

Albertsen, N., & Diken, B. (2009). Mobility, Justification, and the City. Mobility, Justification, and the City, vvv. Retrieved from www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology/papers/albertsen-diken-mobility-justification.pd

Bandura, A. (2001). Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective. Annual Review of Psychology, 52(1), 1-26.

Bateson, G. (1987). Steps To An Ecology of Mind (First published 1972. Second reprint 1987. ed.). USA: Jason Aronson Inc.

Ceci, S. (1996). On Intelligence: A Bio-Ecological Treatise on Intellectual Development (Expanded Edition). Cambridge, USA: Harvard University Press.

Crowther, F., Kaagan, S., Ferguson, M., & Hahn, L. (2002). Developing Teacher Leaders: How Teacher Leadership Enhances School Success. California, London and New Delhi: Corwin Press, Inc.

DETE(Qld). (2004). Productive Pedagogies. DETE Queensland Retrieved from http://education.qld.gov.au/corporate/newbasics/html/pedagogies/intellect/int.html.

Elmore, R. (2002). Beyond instructional leadership - Hard questions about practice. Educational Leadership 59(8), 22-25.

Evans, C. (1990). Teaching the Humanities: Seminars as Metalogues. Studies in Higher Education, 15(3), 287-297.

Gale, T. (2011). Social Justice in Australian Education: rethinking what we know for contemporary times. Paper presented at the Equity in Education- Connecting for Change, University of Technology, Sydney.

Gardner, B., Whittington, C., McAteer, J., Eccles, M., & Michie, S. (2010). Using theory to synthesise evidence from behavior change interventions: the example of audit and feedback. Soc Sci Med, 70(10), 1618 - 1625.

Latour, B. (Writer). (2012). Prof. Bruno Latour 'From Critique to Composition' [You Tube]. Ireland: Dublin City University

Lerner, R. M. (2005). Promoting positive youth development: theoretical and empirical bases. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Science of Adolescent Health and Development, Washington, DC.

Linstead, S. A. (2010). Postmodernism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

Continued QldDET. (2005). Researching the New Basics: New Basics - The Why, What, How and When of Rich Tasks Queensland: The New Basics Project, Education Queensland, Queensland State Government Retrieved from <http://www.education.qld.gov.au/corporate/newbasics>.

Roth, W.-M. (1999). The Evolution of Umwelt and Communication. 1-20. Retrieved from http://web.uvic.ca/~mroth/PREPRINTS/Umwelt.pdf

Staller, K. (2007). Metalogue as Methodology : Inquiries into Conversations among Authors, Editors and Referees. Qualitative Social Work, 6(2). doi: 10.1177/1473325007077236

Stone, W. (2003). Bonding, Bridging and Linking with social capital. Stronger Families Learning Exchange Bulletin, 4 (Spring/Summer ), 1-16.

Tosey, P. (2006). Bateson’s Levels Of Learning: a Framework For Transformative Learning? . Paper presented at the Universities’ Forum for Human Resource Development University of Tilburg. http://www.som.surrey.ac.uk/NLP/Resources/BatesonLevels2006.pdf

Van Eigen, A., & Sinclair, K. M. (2012). The ‘I Don’t Know’ Monster: Metalogue on Educational Success. Teacher Education Dialogues 2-3 August 2012, Coffs Harbour NSW Duration: 60 mins Presentation Slides 1- 22 were last edited in 2013. Paper presented at the International Teacher Education Dialogues.

Wirkala, C., & Kuhn, D. (2011). Problem-Based Learning in K–12 Education- Is it Effective and How Does it Achieve its Effects? American Education Research Journal 48 (5), 1157=1186.