A community of practice is a group of people who share a craft or a profession. The idea was proposed by anthropologist Jean Lave and educational theorist Etienne Wenger in their 1991 book Situated Learning
Introduction to communities of practice : Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.https://t.co/hsHgYnxu5N via @WengerTrayner #Learning #Study #Skill
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In this video @ UCTV Social anthropologist Jean Lave argues that all theoretical problematics across the social sciences include assumptions about learning.
Dr Etienne Wenger on ‘Learning in landscapes of practice: recent developments in social learning theory’