Together within Difference:
"CPR" Breathing Life into our Educational Practices

Our aspiration for educators' collaboration is to be together within difference rather than together with indifference. In this presentation we use the acronym - CPR- to explore educators' relational practice in higher education. Wanting to "breathe life" into our engagement with this important practice, we sought to make explicit what we often take for granted in order that we examine it and transform our educational practice. The context is an Australian regional university.

Anne Croker is a healthcare researcher and educator working for a regional university in Australia. She has long-term interest in educating for collaborative practice, undertaking PhD and post-doctoral research and supervision in this area. Foregrounding the importance of relational practice in education and research she uses a range of qualitative research approaches to explore with colleagues topics related to how students learn to work with other disciplines. anne.croker@newcastle.eau.au

With a background in speech pathology, Alexandra Little is a healthcare researcher and educator working in regional Australia. Through her role in supporting the learning and development of a range of healthcare students she has developed an interest in how students learn to work with other disciplines, an area which she explores collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team using qualitative research approaches. Alexandra.Little@newcastle.edu.au