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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 essential in education?" "How are they designed and developed?" "What difference do they make in learning?" The book contains contributions of educators who share their research and practice in designing and implementing learning communities in school, university, and professional network settings. It presents their experiences, and the "how to" of these educators who are passionate about building and sustaining learning communities to make a real difference for students, teachers, faculty, and communities. Combining scholarly and practitioner research, the book offers practical information to teachers, school and university administrators, teacher educators, and community educators. "This is an extraordinary collection of theoretically sound and practical ideas for teachers and teacher educators. The authors present fascinating accounts of down-to-earth practices tested in experience. Priceless!" Nel Noddings, Lee Jacks Professor of Education Emerita, Stanford University "This book provides a wealth of information on how learning communities function in practice and, more importantly, how they are sustained over time. The chapter authors document a wide array of international programs located in different institutional settings, including cross-institutional and cross-national programs. I recommend this book for both university-based and school or district-based educators who are serious about improving instruction based on locally available data." Renée T. Clift, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "As the title announces, this wide-ranging collection of chapters shows learning communities actually at work, as their members– in schools, universities, and professional networks – describe what got them started and what keeps them going, despite the wider educational community’s general lack of support. Common to all chapters is a strong awareness of the benefits of learning communities not only for the teachers and researchers who share, critique and improve their own professional activities, but also for the students they teach; indeed, in several cases, the authors’ classrooms also metamorphosed into powerful communities of student coresearchers. Thus, for those who have been involved in a learning community such as those described here, the answer to the question the editors pose, "Are learning communities essential in education?" the answer is an unequivocal "Yes." Hopefully, this book will enable others to see why this is so; it will certainly provide guidance for those who decide to embark on the kinds of journey that are so eloquently and persuasively presented in all the different sections of this book. " Gordon Wells, Professor of Education, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Education. --- Teacher Education. --- Learning & Instruction. --- Teachers --- Education --- Enseignants --- Training of. --- Formation --- Educational innovations. --- Educational sociology. --- Professional learning communities. --- Teachers -- Education (Continuing education). --- Teachers -- Training of. --- Teachers. --- Social Sciences --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Innovations, Educational --- Technological change in education --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Innovations --- Technological innovations --- Teaching. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Didactics --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge --- Training --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Educational planning --- Educational change --- Educational technology --- Sociology --- Experimental methods --- Aims and objectives

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This book highlights the need to develop new educational perspectives in which multilingualism is valorised and strategically used in settings and contexts of instruction and learning. Situated in the current educational debate about multilingualism and ethno-linguistic minorities, chapter authors examine the polarised response to heightened linguistic diversity and how the debate is very much premised on binary views of monolingualism and multi- or bilingualism. Contributors argue that the diverse linguistic backgrounds of immigrant and minority students should be considered an asset, instead of being regarded as a barrier to teaching and learning. From its title through to its conclusion, this book underlines the current perspective of multilingualism as possessing cutting edge potential for transforming diverse classrooms into more inhabitable, more equitable and more efficiently organised spaces for learning. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in educational linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, pedagogics, educational studies, and educational anthropology.

Linguistics. --- Sociolinguistics. --- School management and organization. --- School administration. --- Language and education. --- Teaching. --- Language and languages --- Language Education. --- Language Teaching. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Administration, Organization and Leadership. --- Minority Languages. --- Study and teaching. --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Didactics --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Education --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge --- Training --- Educational linguistics --- Educational administration --- Inspection of schools --- School administration --- School inspection --- School operation policies --- School organization --- Schools --- Educational planning --- Management --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Inspection --- Management and organization --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Multilingual education. --- Multiculturalism. --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Multiculturalism --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Ethnicity --- Cultural fusion --- Multilingualism --- Government policy --- Language and languages. --- Language and languages-Study and. --- Linguistic minorities. --- Minority languages --- Minorities --- Sociolinguistics --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Political aspects --- Language and languages—Study and teaching. --- Administration, Educational --- Operation policies, School --- Policies, School operation --- Organization --- Meertaligheid --- Minoritized languages