Acta Academica (Jan 2010)

Cultivating a scholarly community of practice

  • Heila Lotz-Sisitka,
  • Karen Ellery,
  • Lausanne Olvitt,
  • Ingrid Schudel,
  • Rob O'Donoghue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.38140/aa.v0i1.1280
Journal volume & issue
no. 1

Abstract

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In the field of Environment and Sustainability Education we are seeking ways of developing our teaching and supervision practices to enable social changes in a rapidly transforming field of practice where global issues of truth, judgement, justice and sustainability define our engagements with the public good. This article explores the process of cultivating a scholarly community of practice as a model of supervision that not only engages scholars in an intellectual community oriented towards socio-ecological transformation, but also extends and enhances dialogue with individuals on the technical and theoretical aspects of their postgraduate studies.