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Adult learning in community: Themes and threads
Author(s) -
Stein David S.,
Imel Susan
Publication year - 2002
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.72
Subject(s) - facilitator , variety (cybernetics) , adult learning , adult education , politics , power (physics) , learning community , homogeneous , experiential learning , sociology , dynamics (music) , psychology , pedagogy , social psychology , political science , computer science , law , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
Learning in community takes a variety of forms and generally emphasizes the community rather than the individual level of learning. Although many learning communities are homogeneous in nature, power and politics play a role, and the presence of a facilitator can change the dynamics.