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Communities of practice : learning, meaning and identity

By:

Wenger, Etienne

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge University P. CambridgeUS 1999Description: [2], xv, 318 pAction note:

1/16/02 TESSA_H

Summary: Presents a social theory of learning that focuses on learning as social participation, involving an interaction between experiance and competence. Identifies 4 of the components of the theory as: meaning, practice, community, and identity. Discusses 5 apects of the concept of practice and uses the concept of communities of practice as the primary unit of analysis. Establishes the parallel between practice and identity, and explores 4 aspects of identity.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Monograph	CARICOM Documentation Centre	LRC 06.05.04 W474 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0000000018029

Presents a social theory of learning that focuses on learning as social participation, involving an interaction between experiance and competence. Identifies 4 of the components of the theory as: meaning, practice, community, and identity. Discusses 5 apects of the concept of practice and uses the concept of communities of practice as the primary unit of analysis. Establishes the parallel between practice and identity, and explores 4 aspects of identity.

1/16/02 TESSA_H

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