A minimum bibliography for a social structural interpretation of the concept of

"Community of Practice"


Lave, Jean

1991 "Situating learning in communities of practice." In Perspectives on socially shared cognition, ed. by L. Resnick, J. Levine and S. Teasley, 63-82. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

1993 "The practice of learning." In Understanding practice, ed. by S. Chaiklin and J. Lave, 3-32. New York: Cambridge University Press.

1996 "Teaching, as learning, in practice." Mind, Culture and Activity 3: 149-164.

Lave, Jean, Etienne Wenger

1991 Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Lévi-Strauss, Claude

1962 [1952] "Social structure." In Anthropology today: Selections, ed. by Sol Tax, . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Redfield, Robert

1960 [1956] The little community. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Suttles, Gerald

1972 The social construction of communities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Varenne, Hervé

1977 Americans Together: Structured Diversity in A Midwestern Town. New York: Teachers College Press.

2007 "Difficult collective deliberations: Anthropological Notes Towards a Theory of Education." in Teachers College Record, 109, 7: 1559-1587

Wenger, Etienne

1998 Communities of practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. New York: Cambridge University Press.

 

of related interest:

Varenne, Hervé

1970 a proposal for dissertation research from a graduate student at the University of Chicago

 

June 13, 2006