The Writing Group: A Community of Practice and Collegiality

Olivia Cejvan; Elisabet Göransson; Vera La Mela; Hege Irene Markussen; Simon Pedersen Schmidt

doi:10.37852/oblu.254.c603

The Writing Group: A Community of Practice and Collegiality

Olivia Cejvan, Elisabet Göransson, Vera La Mela, Hege Irene Markussen, Simon Pedersen Schmidt

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In a seminar room at LUX, one of the buildings of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, a group of PhD students and senior scholars are in deep concentration in front of their computers. It is pin-drop silent in the room until the alarm goes off and everyone starts moving and talking. This is the writing group, an informal and voluntary way of working together in time slots with 45 minutes of writing and a 15-minute break each hour. This collegial way of structuring the day and working together is gaining interest and the group is growing. This article describes the experiences of group participants and, with the aid of theoretical perspectives on collegiality and social learning, explains the benefits of this group for individual scholars as well as for their working environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning
Editors	Sara Santesson, Sara Andersson
Place of Publication	Lund
Publisher	Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University
Pages	109-118
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-91-7267-485-1
ISBN (Print)	978-91-7267-484-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37852/oblu.254.c603
Publication status	Published - 2024 Mar 27

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Lifelong Learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives: Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning
Santesson, S. (ed.) & Andersson, S. (ed.), 2024, Lund: Lunds universitet, Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna. 181 p.
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Cejvan, O., Göransson, E., La Mela, V., Markussen, H. I., & Pedersen Schmidt, S. (2024). The Writing Group: A Community of Practice and Collegiality. In S. Santesson, & S. Andersson (Eds.), Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives: Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning (pp. 109-118). Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. https://doi.org/10.37852/oblu.254.c603

Cejvan, Olivia ; Göransson, Elisabet ; La Mela, Vera et al. / The Writing Group : A Community of Practice and Collegiality. Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives: Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning. editor / Sara Santesson ; Sara Andersson. Lund : Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University, 2024. pp. 109-118

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Cejvan, O , Göransson, E , La Mela, V , Markussen, HI & Pedersen Schmidt, S 2024, The Writing Group: A Community of Practice and Collegiality. in S Santesson & S Andersson (eds), Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives: Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning. Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University, Lund, pp. 109-118. https://doi.org/10.37852/oblu.254.c603

The Writing Group: A Community of Practice and Collegiality. / Cejvan, Olivia ; Göransson, Elisabet ; La Mela, Vera et al.
Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives: Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning. ed. / Sara Santesson; Sara Andersson. Lund: Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University, 2024. p. 109-118.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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Cejvan O , Göransson E , La Mela V , Markussen HI , Pedersen Schmidt S. The Writing Group: A Community of Practice and Collegiality. In Santesson S, Andersson S, editors, Lifelong learning and Higher Education: New (and Old) Perspectives: Proceedings from the 2022 Lund University Conference on Teaching and Learning. Lund: Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. 2024. p. 109-118 doi: 10.37852/oblu.254.c603

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