Defining and Exploring Pracademia: Identity, Community, and Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Hollweck, Trista; Netolicky, Deborah M.; Campbell, Paul
Titel	Defining and Exploring Pracademia: Identity, Community, and Engagement
Quelle	In: Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 7 (2022) 1, S.6-25 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hollweck, Trista) ORCID (Netolicky, Deborah M.) ORCID (Campbell, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2056-9548
DOI	10.1108/JPCC-05-2021-0026
Schlagwörter	Professional Identity; Theory Practice Relationship; Figurative Language; Communities of Practice; Cooperation; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Community; Co-operation; Kooperation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Purpose: The aim of this paper is to define pracademia and conceptualise it in relation to educational contexts. This paper contributes to and stimulates a continuing and evolving conversation around pracademia and its relevance, role and possibilities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is a conceptual exploration. It draws upon existing and emerging pieces of literature, the use of metaphor as a meaning-making tool, and the positionalities of the authors, to develop the concept of pracademia. Findings: The authors posit that pracademics who simultaneously straddle the worlds of practice, policy, and academia embody new possibilities as boundary spanners in the field of education for knowledge mobilization, networks, community membership, and responding to systemic challenges. However, being a pracademic requires the constant reconciling of the demands of multi-membership and ultimately, pracademics must establish sufficient legitimacy to be respected in two or more currently distinct worlds. Practical implications: This paper has implications for knowledge mobilization, networks, boundary spanners, leadership, professional learning, and connecting practice, policy, and research. While the authors are in the field of education, this exploration of pracademia is relevant not only to the field of education but also to other fields in which there is a clear need to connect practice/policy with scholarship. Originality/value: This paper provides a new definition of pracademia and argues that pracademia identifies an important yet relatively unknown space with many possibilities in the field of education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01