On becoming a witch: Learning in a marginalized community of practice

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-188

  Merriam, Sharan B ^a   Courtenay, Bradley ^a   Baumgartner, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult learning and development; Communities of practice; Learning and identity; Legitimate peripheral participation; Social learning theory; Wiccan

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644275505     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713603053003003     Document Type: Article

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