Senge, P. M. (1990) The Fifth Discipline. The art and practice of the learning organization, London: Random House.

Peter Senge and the theory and practice of learning organizations by Smith, M. K. (2001) 'Peter Senge and the learning organization', the encyclopedia of informal education, www.infed.org/thinkers/senge.htm.

Why Should Schools Be Learning Communities? by M.B. Tinzmann, L. Friedman, S. Jewell-Kelly, P. Mootry, P. Nachtigal, and C. Fine, North Central Regional Educational laboratory (NCREL), Oak Brook, 1990.

Isaacson, N. & Bamburg, J. (1992, November). Can schools become learning organizations? Educational Leadership, 50(3), 42-44.

Martel, L.D. (1993, June). Building a learning community: School leaders and their organizations need to share a vision to challenge all young minds. School Administrator, 50(6), 22-27.

Sergiovanni, T.J. (1994a). Building community in schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Sergiovanni, T.J. (1994b, May). Organizations or communities? Changing the metaphor changes the theory. Educational Administration Quarterly, 30(2), 214-226.

Southworth, G. (1993). School Leadership and School Development: Reflections from Research, School Organisation. 13(1), 73-87

Schools as Learning Communities: Issues About Change, Volume 4, Number 1 by Victoria Boyd & Shirley M. Hord. Available through the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL).

New South Wales Department of Education has a complete site dedicated to the concept of Schools as Learning Communities from which 90% of the presentation on the previous pages was gleaned. This link takes you to a page of selected readings on the topic.

Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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