Collaboration+Rationale

=As described by Jean Donham in //Enhancing Teaching and Learning,// Collaboration depends on effective communication and supportive relationships. She quotes Raspa and Ward (2000) who use the following description for collaboration:=

The bond of belonging....In collaboration we are bonded to each other in acts of listening that endow enterprises with life and meaning. It requires hearing the other completely, waiting before speaking, re-creating in one's mind what was just said, and making sure it was understood. This way of listening holds judgment in suspension. Questioning about being right or wrong yields to questions about ways of thinking and acting on behalf of the enterprise. "The enterprise is effective teaching and engaged learning" (Donham, 106).