Moving beyond communities of practice in adult basic education - 1 views

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  #1 Todd Vens on 16 Sep 12

   

  Harris, S. R., & Shelswell, N. (2005). Moving beyond communities of practice in adult basic education. In D. Barton, K. Tusting, D. Barton, & K. Tusting (Eds.), Beyond Communities of Practice (pp. 158-179). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  
  The authors report on technology-based communities of practice developed for adult basic education (ABE) learners in Britain. ABE is that part of the British education system concerned with literacy, numeracy and language development in adults. In this setting, communities of practice are primarily used as peer mentoring tools to help avoid long periods waiting for assistance, or conversely dominating the attention of the instructor. Instructors can instead focus on managing and regulating social interaction in the communities of practice.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Harris, S. R., & Shelswell, N. (2005). Moving beyond communities of practice in adult basic education. In D. Barton, K. Tusting, D. Barton, & K. Tusting (Eds.), Beyond Communities of Practice (pp. 158-179). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <br /> <br /> The authors report on technology-based communities of practice developed for adult basic education (ABE) learners in Britain. ABE is that part of the British education system concerned with literacy, numeracy and language development in adults. In this setting, communities of practice are primarily used as peer mentoring tools to help avoid long periods waiting for assistance, or conversely dominating the attention of the instructor. Instructors can instead focus on managing and regulating social interaction in the communities of practice.</div>

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