Collaborative learning in practice: examples from natural resource management in Asia
- Ottawa International Development Research Centre(IDRC) 2010
- x,181p.
Draws on research and practical experiences from China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Presents and analyses novel approaches to collaborative learning and communities of practice. Shows how, through joint efforts with researchers and other actors, local communities address and learn from challenges in managing natural resources. Demonstrate the merits of learning strategies that use a variety of methods that are grounded in the local context, that involve facilitators that are monitored from the outset and where there is a strong environment of collaboration and dynamic process management.