Communities of Practice - Mark Smith - 3 views

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  #1 joannalieberman on 04 Jun 17

   

  http://valenciacollege.edu/faculty/development/tla/documents/CommunityofPractice.pdf In this article, Smith summarizes the work of Lave and Wenger related to their social learning theory known as Communities of Practice. Smith reiterates that learning should not be an individual endeavor but rather something that takes places with a social context. He summarizes the article with three main ideas: "Learning is in the relationships between people." "Educators work so that people can become participants in communities of practice." "There is an intimate connection between knowledge and activity."

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://valenciacollege.edu/faculty/development/tla/documents/CommunityofPractice.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://valenciacollege.edu/faculty/development/tla/documents/CommunityofPractice.pdf</a> In this article, Smith summarizes the work of Lave and Wenger related to their social learning theory known as Communities of Practice. Smith reiterates that learning should not be an individual endeavor but rather something that takes places with a social context. He summarizes the article with three main ideas: "Learning is in the relationships between people." "Educators work so that people can become participants in communities of practice." "There is an intimate connection between knowledge and activity."</div>

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