... their previous occupation and teacher identity and how they describe a competent member of the teaching community. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical approach is inspired by Communities of Practice (CoP) theory. More specifically, the realignment between socially demanded competence...

... programme. Design/methodology/approach This study analyses the experiences of interns and their supervisors on a research internship programme, using communities of practice as a theoretical framework. In total, six interns and six supervisors were interviewed approximately six to eight months after...

...Colm Fearon; Heather McLaughlin; Tan Yoke Eng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the value of social learning from group work that emulates a professional community of practice. Design/methodology/approach A thought piece that first, examines the role of group‐work projects...

... their community of practice. It proposes instead that varying values, which apprentices must come to grips with need to be better aligned with one another. Frank Sligo can be contacted at: F.Sligo@massey.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Jewson (2007) had noted little exploration so...