Learning Communities In Practice

Most would agree that a learning community of practice cultivates social and intellectual development in educational settings but what are the other benefits and what does a learning community actually look like in practice? This book explores such questions as: "Are learning communities essent...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Samaras, Anastasia (Editor), Freese, Anne R. (Editor), Kosnik, Clare (Editor), Beck, Clive (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
Series:Explorations of Educational Purpose
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Learning Communities in School Settings
  • The Project for Enhancing Effective Learning (PEEL): 22 Years of Praxis
  • DICEP: Promoting Collaborative Inquiry in Diverse Educational Settings
  • Pre-Service Teachers and Sixth Graders Explore Social Justice as a Community of Inquiry
  • Lights, Camera, Action! Using Slowmation as a Common Teaching Approach to Promote a School Learning Community
  • Growing Our Own: A Learning Community Partnership between a University and a Public Middle School
  • A Whole-School Approach to Urban Educational Renewal: Community, Collaboration, and Leadership
  • Learning Communities in University Settings
  • Fellow Travelers: New Teachers and Their Graduate School Faculty Take a Journey to the Land of Peer Discussion Groups
  • Establishing a Learning Community as a Site to Explore Our Multicultural Selves
  • Dissertation Support Groups: Building a Community of Practice Using Noddings' Ethic of Care
  • Collective Creativity: A Learning Community of Self-Study Scholars
  • Learning Communities in Professional Networks
  • A Learning Community for Teacher Induction
  • Creating an International Learning Community for Teacher Education Scholars
  • Role of Teacher Research Communities and Cross-Culture Collaboration in the Context of Curriculum Reform in China
  • Creating Stages for Development: A Learning Community with Many Tasks and No Goal
  • Supervisors of Teacher Interns: Building a Learning Community Through Inquiry-Based Practices
  • Funny, This Does Not Look Like a Community: Working Collaboratively Across Borders and Institutions