Definition:Communities of Practice (CoPs) are organized groups of people with a common interest in a specific technical or business domain. They regularly collaborate to share information, improve their skills, and actively work on advancing their knowledge of the domain. ...
Definition Communities of practice in mathematics teacher education are informed by a theory of learning as social participation, in which teacher learning and development are conceptualized as increasing participation in social practices that develop an identity as a teacher. Background The idea of ...
Wenger gives a simple definition: “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.” Note that this allows for, but does not require intentionality. Learning can be, and often is...
Note that this definition allows for, but does not assume, intentionality: learning can be the reasonthe community comes together or an incidentaloutcome of member‘s interactions. Not everything called a community is a community of practice. A neighborhoodfor instance, is often called a community...
Uncritically applying a community of practice model has become rather prevalent in higher education settings (Lea, 2005). This paper attempts to return to the spirit of Lave and Wenger's earlier (1991) work and to use a community of practice perspective as a heuristic to analyse participation ...
Communities of practice help organizations stay informed and focused on intentional, strategic growth. Here’s what you need to know about them.
Communitiesofpracticearegroupsofpeoplewhosharea concernorapassionforsomethingtheydoandlearnhow todoitbetterastheyinteractregularly. Notethatthisdefinitionallowsfor,butdoesnotassume,intentionality: learningcanbethereasonthecommunitycomestogetheroran incidentaloutcomeofmember'sinteractions.Noteverythingcalleda communityisa...
The communities of practice concept "Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis"[1]. This definition of communities of practice...
To address higher education teaching efficacy, this chapter describes how the Research Skill Development (RSD) framework has been successfully applied to underpin professional development programs, namely through Communities of Practice (CoP) that explore research-thinking and a host of research-oriented ...
1. Communities of Practice in School Context; 学校情境中实践共同体探讨2. This research introduced the definition,basic theories and use of communities of practice,systematically. 实践共同体能够较好地促进团队层面的学习,进而提高整个组织的学习能力。