Learning Communities in Practice

Acknowledgements An Invitation to Learning Communities In Practice Anastasia P. Samaras, Anne R. Freese, Clare Kosnik, and Clive Beck PART I Learning Communities in School Settings Introduction Anne R. Freese 1 The Project for Enhancing Effective Learning (PEEL): 22 years of praxis Ian and Judie Mitchell 2 DICEP: Promoting Collaborative Inquiry in Diverse Educational Settings Barbara Bell-Angus, Greta Davis, Zoe Donoahue, Maria Kowal, and Monica McGlynn-Stewart 3 Preservice Teachers and Sixth Graders Explore Social Justice as Community of Inquiry Monica Taylor and Gennifer Otinsky 4 Lights, Camera, Action! Using Slowmation as a Common Teaching Approach to Promote a School Learning Community Garry F. Hoban 5 Growing Our Own: A Learning Community Partnership between a University and a Public Middle School Cristy L. Kessler and Caroline S. Wong 6 A Whole-School Approach to Urban Educational Renewal: Community, Collaboration, and Leadership Clive Beck, Clare Kosnik, and YiolaCleovoulou PART II Learning Communities in University Settings Introduction Anastasia P. Samaras 7 Fellow Travelers: New Teachers and Their Graduate School Faculty Take a Journey to the Land of Peer Discussion Groups Barbara Stern 8 Establishing a Learning Community as a Site to Explore Our Multicultural Selves Anne R. Freese and Amber P. Strong 9 Dissertation Support Groups: Building a Community of Practice Using Noddings' Ethic of Care Emily J. Klein, Megan Riordan, Amanda Schwartz, and Stacey Sotirhos 10 Collective Creativity: A Learning Community of Self-Study Scholars Anastasia P. Samaras, Mary Adams-Legge, Deanna Breslin, KavitaMittapalli, Jennifer Magaha O'Looney, and Dawn Renee Wilcox PART III Learning Communities in Professional Networks Introduction Clare Kosnik and Clive Beck 11 A Learning Community for Teacher Induction Ellen Moir and Susan Hanson 12 Creating an International Learning Community for Teacher Education Scholars Melissa L. Heston, Deborah L. Tidwell, and Linda M. Fitzgerald