Moving beyond communities of practice in adult basic education

Beyond Communities of Practice: Language, Power and Social Context

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 158-179

  Shelswell, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Coleg Morgannwg ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84927105524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511610554.009     Document Type: Chapter

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