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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 7
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How One Learning Community Approached Death
Ungemah, Lori
Learning Communities: Research & Practice, v5 n1 Article 5 2017
In this narrative piece, the author describes how a learning community was able to transfer their practices of care to support a colleague as he faced illness and death. The author chronicles how the learning community responded to support their team member, other members of the campus community, and the students. She reflects on this experience and explores how the learning community structure supported compassion during this challenging year.
Descriptors: Death, Communities of Practice, Caring, Helping Relationship, Collegiality, Learning Experience, Social Support Groups, Educational Practices, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Grief
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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