Communities of Practice Learning, Meaning, and Identity

Name: Communities of Practice Learning, Meaning, and Identity
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ISBN: 9780521663632

ISBN-10: 0521663636

ISBN-13: 9780521663632

Edition: 1999

Authors: Etienne Wenger, John Seely Brown, Christian Heath, Roy Pea

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This book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we get to know what we know and by which we become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual nor social institutions, but the informal 'communities of practice' that people form as they pursue shared enterprises over time. To give a social account of learning, the theory explores in a systematic way the intersection of issues of community, social practice, meaning, and identity. The result is a broad framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. This ambitious but thoroughly…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/28/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.06" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

John Seely Brown is Former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corp and former director of its Palo AltoResearch Center (PARC), and co-author of The Social Life of Information.



Prologue



Practice: Introduction I



Meaning



Community



Learning



Boundary



Locality



Knowing in practice



Identity: Introduction II



Identity in practice



Participation and non-participation



Modes of belonging



Identification and negotiability



Learning communities


Conclusion: Introduction III



Learning architectures



Organizations



Education


Epilogue