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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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Community Currencies: An Ideology of Abundance
Winfrey, Nancy
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n153 p77-89 Spr 2017
This essay explores the concept of "cultural commons" and provides an illustration of a cultural commons practice from an ethnographic study of a community currency. The following section links cultural commons practices to situated and social cognitive learning theories, and then provides practical application to the higher education classroom.
Descriptors: Ideology, Community Resources, Educational Practices, Social Cognition, Learning Theories, Higher Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Ethnography
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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