Covering primary/elementary, secondary and tertiary levels in a variety of educational contexts this book explores the theory and practice of learning communities from an international perspective.

Introduction; Part 1 Learning Communities; Chapter 1 The Story of Community, ThomasSergiovanni; Chapter 2 Meeting The Challenge, NevilleJohnson; Chapter 3 Partners in Learning, ShirleyGrundy; Chapter 4 Towards the Learning Community, RichardButt; Chapter 5 Ethics and the Learning Community, KenneceCoombe; Part 2 Learning Communities; Chapter 6 Transforming Schools into Learning Communities, JohnRetallick; Chapter 7 Different and Equal, PamelaWells; Chapter 8 Purpose and Process in Effective Learning Communities, PaulShaw; Chapter 9 The Role of Community in Action Learning, GarryHoban; Part 3 Case Studies of Learning Communities; Chapter 10 Talking about Coombes, PeterWoods; Chapter 11 Participative Learning, SusanGroundwater-Smith; Chapter 12 Building a Learning Community in a Doctoral Programme in Professional Development, JimHenkelman-Bahn, NeilDavidson; Chapter 13 Primary Schools and Classrooms in Ireland, CiaranSugrue; Chapter 14 Gumly Gumly Public School as a Learning Community, BarryCocklin;

John Retallick, Barry Cocklin, Kennece Coombe