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Communities of Practice the missing link?
Danielle D’Hayer Associate Professor Interpreting Studies London Metropolitan University
Communities of Practice the missing link? Danielle DHayer Associate - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Communities of Practice the missing link? Danielle DHayer Associate - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Communities of Practice the missing link? Danielle DHayer Associate Professor Interpreting Studies London Metropolitan University londonmet.ac.uk Exciting times for interpreting studies! Research Resources Technology Quality Pedagogy
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Resource hungry Too expensive Too different Challenging times for Vice Chancellors
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Journey in a landscape of practice: How do I find my way? Who am I? say interpreting trainees, graduates and staff…
Confusion?
Information overload!!
Social media #1nt #terps? How do I start?
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What are Communities of Practice?
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- “Community of Practice (CoP)” is a technical term
- It comes under the umbrella of the Social Learning theory
- It was coined by Social Learning theorist Etienne Wenger and
anthropologist Jean Lave in 1991
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“Communities of Practice are groups of people who share a passion for something that they know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better”
Etienne Wenger (2013)
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3 important characteristics make up a CoP
Domain Practice Community
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Queenie (Tihmily) Li based on an anonymous drawing for the “In knowledge we trust,” exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre, in Toronto and based on Max Evans’ research
FOSTERING TRUST
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Cultivating CoP Look after “social artists”
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Bibliography
- D’Hayer, D. (2013) ‘Public service interpreter education. A multidimensional approach aiming
at building a community of learners and professionals’. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Interpreting in a Changing Landscape. Volume 109.
- Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991) Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation. New
York: Cambridge University press.
- Wenger, E., McDermott R., Snyder W. (2002) Cultivating communities of practice. A Guide to
Managing Knowledge. Boston: Havard Business School Press.
- Wenger, E. et al. (2014) Learning in Landscapes of Practice: Boundaries, identity, and
knowledgeability in practice-based learning. Routledge
- Wenger-Trayner (2015) Social learning - a framework. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvighN3BDmI (Accessed: 03 November 2016).
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Invitation to a conversation… Danielle D’Hayer d.dhayer@londonmet.ac.uk @DDhayer