Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives) - Softcover

Wenger, Etienne

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9780521663632: Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521663636 ISBN 13: 9780521663632
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Learning is becoming an urgent topic. Nations worry about the learning of their citizens, companies about the learning of their workers, schools about the learning of their students. But it is not always easy to think about how to foster learning in innovative ways. This book presents a framework for doing that, with a social theory of learning that is ground-breaking yet accessible, with profound implications not only for research, but also for all those who have to foster learning as part of their responsibilites at work, at home, at school.

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Review

"The terms of debate about 'knowledge management' and 'learning organizations' are slowly, and finally turning from issues of information and technology to those of human capabilities and the sources of motivation, creativity, and problem-solving skills that create real value in the new economy. Wenger is light years ahead in understanding those sources, and the critical importance of informal communities and 'social learning' in fostering them." Phillip Brook Manville, Partner, McKinsey & Co.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521663636
ISBN 13 
9780521663632
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336
Rating
  • 4.06 out of 5 stars
    357 ratings by Goodreads