Within and beyond communities of practice: Making sense of learning through participation, identity and practice

• Main Authors: HANDLEY, Karen, STURDY, Andrew, FINCHAM, Robin, CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Community-Based Learning; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6276; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7275/viewcontent/CoP_Learning_2006_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Situated learning theory offers a radical critique of cognitivisttheories of learning, emphasizing the relational aspects of learning withincommunities of practice in contrast to the individualist assumptions ofconventional theories. However, although many researchers have embraced thetheoretical st...