Amoni Kitooke, doctoral student in Educational Sciences, University of Borås, joins us for a hybrid seminar. He will discuss three things the notion of “community”, if and how professionals work with communities of different kinds, and if and how higher education prepares professionals to work with communities. The seminar will include a short presentation of the topic, followed by questions and discussion.
Overview
Amoni Kitooke is a doctoral student in Educational Sciences at University of Borås. He is also a member of the SPETS (Studies in Professional Education and Training for Society) Research School that is collaboratively run by Lund University, the University of Borås, and Chalmers University of Technology.
Title of presentation
Preparing Professionals to Work with Communities: Interrogating Higher Education Practices in Sweden
Short description of presentation
During this presentation, we will discuss three things: notion of “community”; if and how professionals work with communities of different kinds, and if and how higher education prepares professionals to work with communities.
The session will run in two parts. In the first part, Amoni will present the focus and preliminary insights from his current doctoral research around higher professional education and community (specifically, teacher education). In the second part, participants will discuss their understanding of the notion of community, how it relates with their professional work, and if and how higher education provides some preparatory grounding for the intersection between professional work and communities.
Suggested reading for the seminar
David Sobel’s short text, Place-based Education: Connecting Classroom and Community
For more information
Anthony Norman
- Instructor, Language and Communication, Communication and Learning in Science
Anthony Norman
- Instructor, Language and Communication, Communication and Learning in Science