Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators

Editors, Chris Kimble, Paul Hildreth and Isabelle Bourdon
Publisher, Information Age Publishing

As a two volume set:
Hard cover ISBN: 1593118678 , Soft cover ISBN: 159311866X

As separate volumes:
Hard Cover - Vol 1 ISBN: 1593118635
Soft Cover - Vol 1 ISBN: 1593118627

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Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators: Vol. 1

• Introduction and overview

• Chapter 1 - Networking Knowledge to Achieve Transformation in Schools
  By - Brian Caldwell

• Chapter 2 - Educational Research as a Community of Practice
  By - Ralf St.Clair

• Chapter 3 - The Reflective Mentor Model: Growing Communities of Practice for Teacher Development in Informal Learning Environments
  By - Robbin Chapman

• Chapter 4 - The Identification and Cultivation of Appropriate Communities of Practice in Higher Education
  By - Jonathan H. Klein and Con Connell

• Chapter 5 - Communities of Practice and Part-time Lecturers: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education
  By - Valerie Anderson

• Chapter 6 - 'Teaching with Technology': A Multifaceted Staff Development Strategy
  By - Tony Carr, Andrew Deacon, Glenda Cox and Andrew Morrison

• Chapter 7 - Improving Practice in Australia's Vocational Education and Training Sector through Communities of Practice
  By - John Mitchell, Suzy McKenna and Susan Young

• Chapter 8 - Becoming One of Them': The Experience of Institution-Based Educators Providing Training in Companies in Australia
  By - Roger Harris and Michele Simons

• Chapter 9 - Reaching Beyond the 'Boundaries': Communities of Practice and Boundaries in Tertiary Education
  By - Gerlinde Koeglreiter, Ross Smith and Luba Torlina

• Chapter 10 - Space, Resistance and Identities: University Based Teacher-Educators developing a Community of Practice
  By - Margaret Herrington, Alex Kendall, Julie Hughes, Cathie Lacey, Rob Smith, Vanessa Dye, Rachel Baig and Matt O'Leary

• Chapter 11 - Workplace Learning in a Community of Practice: How do Schoolteachers Learn?
  By - Saïda Habhab

• Chapter 12 - Adopting Communities of Practice as a Framework for Teacher Development
  By - Rana Yildirim

• Chapter 13 - Launching a Cross-Organizational CoP for School Leaders: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement and Meeting Diverse Needs
  By - Naava Frank and Abbey Keith

• Chapter 14 - Bridging Two Worlds: Identity Transition in a University Consulting Community of Practice
  By - Gazi Islam

• Chapter 15 - Adult Learning in Communities of Practice: Situating Theory in Practice
  By - Catherine Hansman

• Chapter 16 - Utilizing CoPs - Concepts in Adult Education Doctoral Study
  By - Jeanne Bitterman

• Chapter 17 - Teaching and Learning about Communities of Practice in Higher Education
  By - Petra Cremers and Rianne Valkenburg

• Chapter 18 - 'The Knowledge-Creating School Proudly Presents ...' - A School Community Sharing Its Story
  By - Bregje de Vries and Jules Pieters

• Chapter 19 - Facilitating Lifelong Participation in the Community of Practice of Sport
  By - Toni O'Donovan and David Kirk

• Chapter 20 - Innovative Projects in French Secondary State Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Two Communities of Practice
  By - Jean-François Marcel

• Chapter 21 - Creating an Educational Ecosystem for Design, Personal Fabrication and Invention
  By - Amon Daran Millner and Shaundra Bryant Daily

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