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ERIC Number: EJ643364
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-1560
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Exploring the Hermeneutic Foundations of University Life: Deaf Academics in a Hybrid "Community of Practice."
Trowler, Paul R.; Turner, Graham H.
Higher Education, v43 n2 p227-56 Mar 2002
Uses data from a study of organizational socialization and induction in universities to critique social practice theory and further develop a model illustrating these dynamics in university life. Offers a case study of one unusual sub-departmental workgroup in an English university that comprised both deaf and hearing academics; such a case study displays important features in an exaggerated form. (EV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Committees, Deafness, Faculty College Relationship, Group Dynamics, Hermeneutics, Higher Education, Organizational Theories, Peer Relationship, Social Psychology, Socialization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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