Cocklin / Coombe / Retallick Learning Communities in Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-85396-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Education

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cocklin, Barry

Coombe, Kennece

Retallick, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors, Introduction, Part 1: Learning Communities: Issue and Debate, 1. The story of Community Thomas Sergiovanni, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA 2. Meeting the Challenge: Becoming Learning Communities Neville Johnson, University of Melbourne, Australia 3. Partners in Learning: School-Based and University-Based Communities of Learning Shirley Grundy, Murdoch University, Western Australia 4. Towards the Learning Community: Working Through the Barriers Between Teacher Development and Evalution Richard Butt, University of Lethbridge, Canada 5. Ethics and the Learning Community Kennece Coombe, Charles Sturt University, Australia Part 2: Learning Communities: Strategies and Processes, 6. Transforming Schools into Learning Communities: Beginning the Journey John Retallick 7. Different and Equal: Fostering Interdependence in a Learning Community Pamela Wells, Southern Cross University, Australia 8. Purpose and Process in Effective Learning Communities Paul Shaw, Member of the International Centre for Educational Exchange, University of Toronto, Canada 9. The Role of 'Community' in Action Learning: A Deweyian Perspective on Sharing Experiences Garry Hoban, University of Wollongong, Australia Part 3: Case Studies of Learning Communities, 10. Talking About Coombes: Features of a Learning Community Peter Woods, Open Univrsity, Milton Keynes, UK 11. Participative Learning: The School as a Learning Community and as a member of a National Reform Organisation Susan Groundwater-Smith, Griffith University, Australia 12. Building a Learning Community in a Doctoral Program in Professional Development Jim Henkelman-Bahn and Neil Davidson both at University of Maryland, USA 13. Primary Schools and Classrooms, in Ireland: What Kinds of Learning Communities? Ciaran Sugrue, Dublin City University, Ireland 14. Gumly Gumly Public School as a 'Learning Community': Sifting the Rhetoric to Locate the Reality. Barry Cocklin