Communities of Practice : Critical Perspectives (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Communities of Practice -A Contested Concept in Flux? Jason Hughes, Nick Jewson and Lorna Unwin 2. Critiquing Theories of Learning and Communities of Practice Alison Fuller 3. Lost in Translation: Communities of Practice:The Journey from Academic Model to Practitioner Tool Jason Hughes 4. From Communities of Practice to Mycorrhizae Yrjo Engestrom 5. Including the Missing Subject: Placing the Personal Within the Community Stephen Billett 6. Cultivating Network Analysis: Rethinking ‘Community’ within Communities of Practice Nick Jewson 7. Sport as a Community of Practice: The Coach - Athlete Relationship in British Professional Basketball Val Owen-Pugh 8. Becoming Adults via Communities of Practice: The Transition from Work to Adulthood John Goodwin 9. Apprenticeship From Past to Present: The Challenges and Consequences of Rampant ‘Community’ Diversity Lorna Unwin 10. Sexuality, Gender and Legitimate Peripheral Participation: An Ethnographic Study of a Call Centre Matthew Brannan 11. The Learning Trajectories of Old-Timers: Academic Identities and Communities of Practice in Higher Education Nalita James 12. Unemployment as a Community of Practice: Tales of Survival in the New Germany Vanessa Beck 13. Putting Virtual Communities of Practice in their Place: Changes in the Spatial Location of Work Nick Jewson 14. Conclusion: Further Developments and Unresolved Issues Jason Hughes, Nick Jewson and Lorna Unwin