New lecturers and the myth of 'communities of practice'

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Gourlay, Lesley ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic identities; Communities of practice; New academic staff; Special issue

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751504161     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158037X.2010.515570     Document Type: Article

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