Learning from others at work: communities of practice and informal learning
David Boud,Heather Middleton +1 more
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In this article, the authors address the question of who is involved in learning in workplaces and the ways in which members of workgroups learn as part of their normal work and examine the value of the notion of communities of practice in conceptualizing such workplace learning and suggest that other forms of conceptualisation are also needed.Abstract:
This paper addresses the question of who is involved in learning in workplaces and the ways in which members of workgroups learn as part of their normal work. It draws on qualitative data from a study of multiple worksites with differentiated work within a large organisation. It examines the value of the notion of communities of practice in conceptualising such workplace learning and suggests that other forms of conceptualisation are also needed.read more
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A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness in medical education: BEME Guide No. 8.
Yvonne Steinert,Karen Mann,Angel Centeno,Diana H. J. M. Dolmans,John Spencer,Mark H. Gelula,David Prideaux +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize the existing evidence that addresses the question: "What are the effects of faculty development interventions on the knowledge, attitudes and skills of teachers in medical education, and on the institutions in which they work?"
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A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness in medical education: BEME Guide No. 8
Yvonne Steinert,Karen Mann,Angel Centeno,Diana H. J. M. Dolmans,John Spencer,Mark H. Gelula,David Prideaux +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize the existing evidence that addresses the question: "What are the effects of faculty development interventions on the knowledge, attitudes and skills of teachers in medical education, and on the institutions in which they work?"
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Reframing Professional Development Through Understanding Authentic Professional Learning
TL;DR: In this article, an alternative conceptualization of professional development is proposed, based on philosophical assumptions congruent with evidence about professional learning from seminal educational research of the past two decades, and an argument is presented for a shift in discourse and focus from delivering and evaluating professional development programs to understanding and supporting authentic professional learning.
The role of e-learning, the advantages and disadvantages of its adoption in Higher Education.
Valentina Arkorful,Nelly Abaidoo +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effectiveness of using e-learning in teaching in tertiary institutions is investigated by reviewing some contributions made by various researchers and institutions on the concept of elearning, particularly its usage in teaching and learning in higher educational institutions.
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Through the practice lens: Where is the bandwagon of practice-based studies heading?
TL;DR: In the last 20 years, we have witnessed a return of the practice concept in studies of organizing, learning and knowing as mentioned in this paper, and it seems that a bandwagon of practice-based studies has been set in motion by the coining of labels, which comprise the term "practice".
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Jeanne Lave,Etienne Wenger +1 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice is not confined to midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, non-drinking alcoholics and the like.
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Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity
TL;DR: Identity in practice, modes of belonging, participation and non-participation, and learning communities: a guide to understanding identity in practice.
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Expansive learning at work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the concept of expansive learning with the help of four questions: 1. Who are the subjects of learning, 2. Why do they learn, 3. What do they teach, and 4. How do they train?
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Class, Codes and Control
Josephine Klein,Basil Bernstein +1 more
TL;DR: The papers in this volume show the origin and development of Bernstein's theoretical studies into the relationships between social class, patterns of language use and the primary socialization of the child as discussed by the authors.
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Informal learning in the workplace
TL;DR: In this paper, theoretical frameworks for understanding and investigating informal learning in the workplace have been developed through a series of large and small-scale projects, which have been mainly focused mainly on theoretical frameworks.