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- Offers ideas for designing and sustaining learning communities in multiple educational contexts, i.e., schools, university classrooms, professional network settings
- Although there have been multiple theories generated by educators about the importance of learning communities OF practice, there is limited information about learning communities IN practice and the impact they are making in various educational contexts on a national and international level
- Although there is much research and theory to support that learning communities can be effective for impacting students’ learning, improving education programs, and changing learning in university settings, there is less written about how to actually design and implement such learning communities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Explorations of Educational Purpose (EXEP, volume 4)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Learning Communities in School Settings
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Learning Communities in University Settings
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Learning Communities in Professional Networks
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About this book
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 essential in education?” “How are they designed and developed?” “What difference do they make in learning?” The book contains contributions of educators who share their research and practice in designing and implementing learning communities in school, university, and professional network settings. It presents their experiences, and the “how to” of these educators who are passionate about building and sustaining learning communities to make a real difference for students, teachers, faculty, and communities. Combining scholarly and practitioner research, the book offers practical information to teachers, school and university administrators, teacher educators, and community educators.
Editors and Affiliations
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George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
Anastasia P. Samaras
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University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, USA
Anne R. Freese
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Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
Clare Kosnik, Clive Beck
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning Communities In Practice
Editors: Anastasia P. Samaras, Anne R. Freese, Clare Kosnik, Clive Beck
Series Title: Explorations of Educational Purpose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8788-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8787-5Published: 28 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7988-6Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8788-2Published: 26 October 2008
Series ISSN: 1875-4449
Series E-ISSN: 1875-4457
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 251
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction