Communities of practice : learning, meaning, and identity / Etienne Wenger.
Material type: TextSeries: Learning in doing : social, cognitive, and computational perspectives | Learning in doingPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: xv, 318p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780521430173 (hbk.) :
- 0521663636 (pbk.) (1999 printing)
- 153.15 WEN
- BF318 .W4 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-307) and index.
Prologue; Part I. Practice: Introduction I; 1. Meaning; 2. Community; 3. Learning; 4. Boundary; 5. Locality; Coda I, Knowing in practice; Part II. Identity: Introduction II; 6. Identity in practice; 7. Participation and non-participation; 8. Modes of belonging; 9. Identification and negotiability; Coda II. Learning communities; Conclusion: Introduction III; 10. Learning architectures; 11. Organizations; 12. Education; Epilogue.
The theory of learning presented in this volume begins with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we acquire knowledge and by which we become who we are.