Communities of Practice

<p>This benchmark text provides an accessible yet critical introduction to the theory and application of communities of practice and their use in a diverse range of managerial and professional contexts from education to human resource development. </p><p>This book charts the development of the idea of communities of practice and explores the key relationship between learning and identity among:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>newcomers and ‘old timers’</li> <li>male and female workers</li> <li>the low skilled and the high skilled</li> <li>professionals and managers</li> <li>adults and adolescents.</li> </ul><p>Drawing on international empirical studies and adopting a multi-disciplinary approach this book is useful reading for all students researchers practitioners and policy makers with an interest in work employment labour markets learning training or education.</p>