The education of Hindu priests in the diaspora: Assessing the value of community of practice theory

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Verma, Michele ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Ethnomethodology; Hinduism; Immigration; Indo Caribbeans; Priests; Religious education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649097294     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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