Learning as peripheral participation in communities of practice: A reassessment of key concepts in workplace learning

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-68

  Fuller, Alison ^a   Hodkinson, Heather ^b   Hodkinson, Phil ^b   Unwin, Lorna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13244255316     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192052000310029     Document Type: Review

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