Tag: communities of practice

Race and Privilege · Social Justice

Racial reconciliation: a key to the economic crisis

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George Tinker is an assistant professor of cross-cultural ministries at Iliff School of Theology.  He describes his heritage as mixed blood, birthed by an Osage father and Lutheran mother.  I recently read an interview with Mr. Tinker by Bob Hulteen entitled “With Drum and Cup”.  In the interview Mr. Tinker describes the problem he finds… Continue reading Racial reconciliation: a key to the economic crisis

Service-Learning · Teaching

Communities of Practice and Introduction to Networked Systems

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In Chapter 5 of his book Technology and Social Inclusion, Mark Warschauer reviews the importance of communities of practice in the learning process. In particular, he makes a strong distinction between learning about, learning how, and learning to be. Warschauer uses an example of learning to write to illustrate the differences. One learns about writing… Continue reading Communities of Practice and Introduction to Networked Systems