Learning Communities In Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Samaras, Anastasia P. (Editor), Freese, Anne R. (Editor), Kosnik, Clare (Editor), Beck, Clive (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Explorations of Educational Purpose ; 4
• Subjects: Education.; Teaching.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Learning & Instruction.

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...