Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
When Is a Learning Community Just a Pseudo Community? Towards the Development of a Notion of an Authentic Learning Community. |
| Authors: |
Fallon, Gerald1 gerald.fallon@usask.ca, Barnett, John2 barnett@uwo.ca |
| Source: |
International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)). 2009, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p3-24. 22p. 4 Diagrams, 1 Chart. |
| Subject Terms: |
*School administration, *Learning communities, *Learning ability, *Social work in education, *Educational sociology |
| Geographic Terms: |
Western Canada |
| Abstract: |
This study investigates how human agency interacted with, and impacted, the structure, form, function and outcomes of a learning community of special educators in western Canada. The results suggest that the contexts of that community - broadly conceived to include catalytic events, power structures, levels of agency, and members' knowledge and assumptions about the nature and functions of the learning community - powerfully shaped the members' responses to the types of knowledge being generated and shared, and the kinds of changes that happened as a result of the work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
