Critiquing theories of learning and communities of practice

Communities of Practice: Critical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 17-29

  Fuller, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906105164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203101339     Document Type: Chapter

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