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Learning Communities and Tertiary Education

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Type learning community into Google and within much less than a second this Internet search engine produces several hundred thousand sources of information. Your search will reveal references to learning communities as part of local housing and health initiatives, the work of a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as projects and developments in schools, colleges and universities.

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Billingham, S. (2007). Learning Communities and Tertiary Education. In: Clay, C.J., Madden, M., Potts, L. (eds) Towards Understanding Community. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230590403_5

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