Jean Lave, Etienne Wenger and communities of practice - 1 views
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learning involves a deepening process of participation in a community of practice has gained significant ground in recent years
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assumption that learning is something that individuals do. Furthermore, we often assume that learning 'has a beginning and an end; that it is best separated from the rest of our activities; and that it is the result of teaching' (Wenger 1998: 3). But how would things look if we took a different track
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'learning is ubiquitous in ongoing activity, though often unrecognized as such
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Communities of practice are made of people who share a passion or interest and want to improve their knowledge of it; for real learning to occur, it must take place in a community of learners who are also interested and learning; the relationship between knowledge and practice is explored
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This provides a nice overview of CoPs. I enjoyed the annotation feature too.
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This site gives an overview of communities of practice and discusses the viewpoints of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, who are well known proponents of the idea. This site provides a basic rationale for communities of practice and describes how we are all involved in them in various aspects of our lives, whether we realize it or not.