Learning Communities: Signposts from international experience

Executive summary
Chapter 1	Different terms and meanings
Chapter 2	Different purposes and priorities
Chapter 3	Causality and proof
Chapter 4	Civil and community purposes
Chapter 5	Social capital - co-optation, use, creation
Chapter 6	Community capability-building
Chapter 7	Economic pay-offs
Chapter 8	Social equity - ‘targeting’ the most deprived
Chapter 9	Identifying and measuring outcomes - standardised and situational
Chapter 10	Identifying and measuring outcomes - long and short planning horizons .
Chapter 11	Joining up - learning as a universal responsibility
Chapter 12	The particular English setting and our particular strengths
Annexe 1	References and sources for information and comparison, including pointers and exemplar references
Annexe 2	Evaluating and learning more from UK learning community approaches .

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