{"product_id":"communities-of-practice-learning-meaning-and-identity-paperback-9780521663632","title":"Communities of Practice; Learning, Meaning, and Identity (Paperback) 9780521663632","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunities of Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLearning, Meaning, and Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEtienne Wenger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521663632, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 September 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Wenger's book is stimulating, insightful, and challenging.' Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Practice: Introduction I\u003cbr\u003e 1. Meaning\u003cbr\u003e 2. Community\u003cbr\u003e 3. Learning\u003cbr\u003e 4. Boundary\u003cbr\u003e 5. Locality\u003cbr\u003e Coda I. Knowing in practice\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Identity: Introduction II\u003cbr\u003e 6. Identity in practice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Participation and non-participation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Modes of belonging\u003cbr\u003e 9. Identification and negotiability\u003cbr\u003e Coda II. Learning communities\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Introduction III\u003cbr\u003e 10. Learning architectures\u003cbr\u003e 11. Organizations\u003cbr\u003e 12. Education\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000218505496,"sku":"9780521663632","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521663632i_82d3bd61-21f5-44de-9201-421b443d3197.jpg?v=1691379652","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/communities-of-practice-learning-meaning-and-identity-paperback-9780521663632","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}