Student volunteering in English higher education

C Holdsworth, J Quinn - Studies in Higher Education, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Volunteering in English higher education has come under political scrutiny recently, with
strong cross‐party support for schemes to promote undergraduate volunteering in particular …

The role of networks of practice and webs of influencers on farmers' engagement with and learning about agricultural innovations

S Oreszczyn, A Lane, S Carr - Journal of rural studies, 2010 - Elsevier
Drawing on the UK research project,'Farmers' understandings of GM crops within local
communities', this paper considers the application of the concepts of communities of practice …

Roles of communities of practice for the development of the society

HK Mohajan - Journal of Economic Development, Environment and …, 2017 - ceeol.com
. At present one of the most important concepts in social learning theory is the idea of
communities of practice (CoP), which describes a learning theory with a strong relationship …

From notions of charity to social justice in service-learning: The complex experience of communities

C Mitchell, H Humphries - Education as Change, 2007 - journals.co.za
Due to increasing popularity and widespread adoption service-learning is in danger of
becoming a technical practice with a'charity'oriented form of engagement with communities …

Silicon Valley Sociolinguistics?: Analyzing Language, Gender and Communities of Practice in the New Knowledge Economy 1

B McElhinny - Language in late capitalism, 2012 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Western societies have become more diverse in recent times, as numbers and territorial
origins of migrants have expanded. This phenomenon has resulted in new demographic …

Strengthening the performance of farming system groups: perspectives from a Communities of Practice framework application

B Anil, M Tonts, KHM Siddique - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Farming system groups are fast emerging as key players in the generation and sharing of
farmer relevant information in agriculture. These are groups of farmers who, in association …

Learning through participation: towards defining adult learning in an African rural village context

Z Hlela - Community Development Journal, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This article analyses the studies of adult learning in Africa, where they exist, often draw
uncritically on Western theoretical and methodological frameworks such as andragogy …

High-performance teams and communities of practice

JM Hays - Oxford Journal: An International Journal of Business & …, 2014 - ojbe.org
This paper compares and contrasts teams and Communities of Practice, and at least
partially resolves the rhetorical question “aren't Communities of Practice just like teams with …

[PDF][PDF] Participatory community learning for community empowerment: a case study in Maputaland.

AZN Hlela - 2017 - researchgate.net
Studies of adult learning in Africa, where they exist, often draw uncritically on Western
theoretical and methodological frameworks such as andragogy, experiential learning and …

Expecting the unexpected: the role of surprise in community-driven development

C Saloma, L Mangaser, C Hidalgo - Community Development …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This article reconstructs the pilot implementation of the Livelihoods for Vulnerable Urban
Communities (LVUC), a community-driven development project in the Philippines, as a …