TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wenger, Etienne
TI  - Communities of practice : learning, meaning and identity
PY  - 1999///
CY  - CambridgeUS
PB  - Cambridge University P.
N2  - 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
ER  -