Communities of practice and international development

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-290

  Johnson, Hazel ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning spaces; Communities of practice; Conversational learning; Knowledge; Participation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 38749100244     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340700700401     Document Type: Article

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