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