Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge, 2nd Edition

Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge, 2nd Edition Kenneth A. Bruffee Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press. 1999. After presenting a hypothetical conversation between two students discussing essay topics he states, "Teachers foster constructive conversations such as this one by creating classroom conditions in which such conversations can occur" (61). All participants in the learning process, student and teacher alike, become more equal in authority and responsibility in what he calls a nonfoundational (nontraditional) approach.