Drawing on international research and professional practice, this book provides an accessible guide to Communities of Practice (CoP) theory, with information on how the theory is constructed, the research that it rests on, and the ways that it has been used in thinking about learning and teaching in the further and adult education sectors.

Jonathan Tummons is Professor in the School of Education at Durham University, UK.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One:

What is a community of practice, and why do I need to know?

Chapter Two

Where is the learning in a Community of Practice, and how does it happen?

Chapter Three

Communities of Practice in further and adult education: what can we learn from the research?

Chapter Four

Setting up a Learning Architecture

Chapter Five

What Can Communities of Practice Actually Do? And What Can't They Do?

Chapter Six

Constellations, boundaries, and brokers

Chapter Seven

Assessment within a Community of Practice

Chapter Eight

Communities of Practice: opportunities and challenges for the further and adult education sectors

References

Index