You might also like

More about Communities of Practice

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 143 loyalty points

Book synopsis

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 accessible framework has relevance for the practitioner as well as the theoretician, presented with all the breadth, depth, and rigor necessary to address such a complex and yet profoundly human topic.

Book details

Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Communities of Practice
• Subtitle: Learning, Meaning, and Identity
• Author: Etienne Wenger
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780521663632
• ISBN: 0521663636
• ID: 04093687
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 488 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 154 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. September 1999

Trending among others

---

---

---