MAILING LISTS

Hello TBL folks,

For your consideration and comment, I am posting a link to a concept 
paper for a research project through which I will assess the viability of a 
team learning model with remedial students at a local college in 
Northeastern Japan. 

Those of you who are familiar with Japanese higher education know that 
collaborative processes and higher education are mutually exclusive 
concepts. Considering the Western perception of Japan as a 
collaborative society, this seems to reflect a fundamental dissonance 
between societal values and institutional practices. I had an opportunity 
to discuss this dissonance during a workshop on small-group learning 
processes I gave to the faculty of a Japanese university in July 
(http://www.gakushuu.org/humans/learning/team-based-learning-
resources). The concepts met with significant resistance; but, triggered 
enough interest that the University asked me to conduct research to 
test the viability of small-group learning on their campus with student 
volunteers. 

I merged ideas from TBL and the University of Phoenix Learning Team 
model to create a process that I think will be most effective for this 
specific group and project. Since TBL folks contributed to my project, 
you are welcome to gather ideas from here. I also would appreciate 
hearing your thoughts, especially if you can offer suggestions for 
improving the process. 

One thing I ask is that this document remains within this group; please 
do not distribute this document without asking me.

https://docs.google.com/open?
id=0B2M6UHnEAG6JNDYwMWE3ZGYtZjYzNC00YThlLWI5YWEtZDdhMDc5O
TIyYWE3

Regards,

Brent Duncan, Lead Faculty
University of Phoenix School of Business
Asia Campus, Misawa Air Base, Japan