The Power of the Learning Community Model for the Development of Supervisor/Mentor

Authors

  • Matthew Floding
  • Thomas Fuller
  • Lucinda Huffaker
  • Rhonda Parker
  • Jennie Lee Rodriguez
  • Allison St. Louis

Keywords:

formation, supervision, narrative

Abstract

The article describes how learning communities, or communities of practice, are "groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly." How theological field educators share three distinguishing characteristics of a community of practice: domain, community, and practice.

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Issue

Volume 35 - The Narrative Perspective - 2015

Section

ATFE Best Practices Paper

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