Working at community boundaries: A micro-analysis of the activist's role in participatory learning networks

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-165

  Thorpe, Mary ^a   Kubiak, Chris ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

co participation; communities of practice; disposition; networks; workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149093605     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2005.11661514     Document Type: Article

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