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Learning communities: Understanding the workplace as a complex system
Author(s) -
Davis Brent,
Sumara Dennis
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.43
Subject(s) - adult learning , experiential learning , disequilibrium , psychology , learning theory , adult education , pedagogy , open learning , sociology , cooperative learning , teaching method , medicine , ophthalmology
Complexity theory informs this discussion of how collective learning practices can support personal learning. The learning system of a school is examined to understand the relationships, disequilibrium, and engagement of a learning community.