Rethinking PhD learning incorporating communities of practice

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-292

  Shacham, Miri ^a   Od Cohen, Yehudit ^b  

^a ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b Ohalo Academic College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collective learning; Communities of practice (CoP); Doctoral learning; Learning communities; Learning development; Lifelong learning; Peer learning; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149183586     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703290903069019     Document Type: Article

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