Learning communities in education
Subtitle: issues, strategies, and contexts
By: edited by John Retallick, Barry Cocklin, and Kennece Coombe.
Contributors: Retallick, John, 1945-; Cocklin, Barry, 1946-; Coombe, Kennece, 1954-
Series: Routledge research in education ;; 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Education -- Aims and objectives.; Educational sociology.; School environment.; Educational change.
Description: "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, and 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.