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  • Cultivating Communities of Practice

    A Guide to Managing Knowledge

    by Etienne Wenger, William Snyder, Richard A. McDermott ...
    Today's economy is fueled by knowledge. Every leader knows this to be true, yet few have systematic methods for converting organizational knowledge into economic value. This book argues that communities of practice--groups of individuals formed around common interests and expertise--provide the ideal vehicle for driving knowledge-management strategies and building lasting competitive advantage. ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Communities of Practice

    Learning, Meaning, and Identity

    by Etienne Wenger ...
    Series series Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
    This book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we get to know what we know and by which we become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual nor social institutions, but the informal 'communities of practice' that people form as they pursue shared enterprises over ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Learning to Make a Difference

    Value Creation in Social Learning Spaces

    by Etienne Wenger-Trayner, Beverly Wenger-Trayner ...
    Today, more people want to know how to make a meaningful difference to what they care about. But for that, traditional approaches to learning often fall short. In this book, we offer a theoretical and practical way forward. We introduce the concept of social learning spaces for developing both new capabilities and a sense of agency. We provide a rich framework for focusing on the value of social ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Situated Learning

    Legitimate Peripheral Participation

    by Jean Lave, Etienne Wenger ...
    Series series Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
    In this important theoretical treatist, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning - that learning is fundamentally a social process. The authors maintain that learning viewed as situated activity has as its central defining characteristic a process they call legitimate peripheral participation (LPP). Learners participate in ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Learning in Landscapes of Practice

    Boundaries, identity, and knowledgeability in practice-based learning

    Edited by Etienne Wenger-Trayner, Mark Fenton-O'Creevy, Steven Hutchinson, Chris Kubiak, Beverly Wenger-Trayner ...
    If the body of knowledge of a profession is a living landscape of practice, then our personal experience of learning can be thought of as a journey through this landscape. Within Learning in Landscapes of Practice, this metaphor is further developed in order to start an important conversation about the nature of practice knowledge, identity and the experience of practitioners and their learning. ... Read more

    $112.99 CAD

  • Co-producing Research

    A Community Development Approach

    by Claire Levi, Kathryn Smith, Benjamin Kyneswood, Natalie Walton, Kim Streets, Beverly Wenger-Trayner, Suna Eryigit-Madzwamuse, Mandeep Samra, Elizabeth Pente, Natalie Pinnock-Hamilton, Onyeka Nubia, Milton Brown, Shabina Aslam, Elizabeth Hoult, Louise Ritchie, Prue Chiles, Steve Pool, David Bell, Elias Kourkoutas, Anne Rathbone, Lisa Buttery, Etienne Wenger-Trayner, Josh Cameron, Andrew Church, Susanne Martikke, Ruth Taylor, Luke Johnston, Patrick Harman, Yvonne Hall, Anne Bonner, Andrea Armstrong ...
    Series series Connected Communities
    Offering a critical examination of the nature of co-produced research, this important new book draws on materials and case studies from the ESRC funded project ‘Imagine – connecting communities through research’. Outlining a community development approach to co-production, which privileges community agency, the editors link with wider debates about the role of universities within communities. With ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

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    Understanding the Social Lives of Children

    by Cathe O'Neill-Grace, Michael Thompson PhD ...
    Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and children’s book author Catherine O’Neill Grace ... Read more

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  • Piano Lessons for Beginners

    Teach Yourself How to Play Piano (Free Video Available)

    by LearnToPlayMusic.com, Gary Turner ...
    Series series Progressive Beginner
    Teach yourself how to play piano with our easy piano lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free piano videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and piano animation for easy music learning.***"Okay, I am of a certain age [so] I decided to learn to play the Piano. You ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Ukulele Lessons for Beginners

    Teach Yourself How to Play Ukulele (Free Video Available)

    by LearnToPlayMusic.com, Peter Gelling ...
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    Teach yourself how to play ukulele with our easy ukulele lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free ukulele videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"Some of my favorite tunes are used in this book! And the language is so easy to ... Read more

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  • The Creative Writing Coursebook

    Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry

    by Julia Bell, Paul Magrs ...
    A fully updated comprehensive guide for improving and practicing your creative writing, including contributions from Ali Smith and Kit de WaalThe Creative Writing Coursebook, edited by Julia Bell and Paul Magrs, takes aspiring writers through three stages of essential practice: Gathering – getting started, learning how to keep notes, making observations and using memory; Shaping – looking at ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Teaching Adults

    A Practical Guide for New Teachers

    by Ralph G. Brockett ...
    A highly practical guide for new instructors teaching in any settingRegardless of the context, teaching is a tall task—and for those teaching adults, unique challenges await. Teaching Adults: A Practical Guide for New Teachers is chock-full of ideas that can be read quickly and implemented immediately in formal and informal settings, in classrooms and workplaces; in short, wherever adults are ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Participatory Practices in Adult Education

    Edited by Pat Campbell, Barbara Burnaby ...
    Although there has been a great deal of rhetoric about learner empowerment in educational and community development circles, this book is the first to offer detailed examples of successful participatory practices in adult education spanning a wide range of program settings, such as schools, institutions, communities, and the workplace. The editors join with practitioner colleagues in the United ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD