This extensive bibliography of books, ERIC documents, and journal articles is intended for use by researchers at the postsecondary level and beyond. Standard bibliographic data (author, date, title, place, and publisher) are included under various headings except in the case of ERIC documents, for which author, title, and "ED" number are given.…

The terms "learning communities" and "communities of practice" are being used with increasing frequency to describe the phenomenon of groups (communities) of individuals learning together. Theories focusing on the social nature of cognition and meaning, as opposed to those focusing on individual learning, are stressed. In works…