ABSTRACT

Learning Communities in Education explores the theory and practice of learning communities from an international perspective. Covering primary/elementary, secondary and tertiary levels in a variety of educational contexts, leading researchers discuss:
* theoretical issues and debate
* processes and strategies for creating learning communities
* learning communities in action
The current experience of the learning community is examined with reference to case studies from England, Ireland, Canada, the USA and Australia. With comprehensive coverage of this much-debated topic and a careful balance between theoretical analysis and case-study material, Learning Communities in Education will be a valuable addition to the literature in this field.

part |98 pages

Learning Communities

chapter |18 pages

Meeting The Challenge

Becoming learning communities

chapter |16 pages

Partners in Learning

School-based and university-based communities of learning

chapter |26 pages

Towards the Learning Community

Working through the barriers between teacher development and evaluation

part |80 pages

Learning Communities

chapter |24 pages

Transforming Schools into Learning Communities

Beginning the journey

chapter |18 pages

Different and Equal

Fostering interdependence in a learning community

chapter |14 pages

The Role of Community in Action Learning

A Deweyian perspective on sharing experiences

part |102 pages

Case Studies of Learning Communities

chapter |24 pages

Talking about Coombes

Features of a learning community

chapter |19 pages

Participative Learning

The school as a learning community and as a member of a national reform organisation

chapter |18 pages

Primary Schools and Classrooms in Ireland

What kinds of learning communities?

chapter |22 pages

Gumly Gumly Public School as a Learning Community

Sifting the rhetoric to locate the reality