Learning communities can be described as...

Learning communities can be described as: ‘an ideal type of higher education culture that seeks to overcome current tendencies toward individual alienation and intellectual fragmentation with regard to present academic specialization and special interests.’ It is clear that the role of HEIs must go beyond simply supporting the development of rational thinking in students in value-free ways.

The culture and ethos of the institution needs to promote the development of social and moral responsibility in more active and committed ways, which support the student to negotiate the competing demands of self and others. Previous…