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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Peripheral Participation"”.
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A Community of Practice Using Computer -Mediated Communication for Legitimate Peripheral Participation
… Lave and Wenger's (1991) concept of Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) plays an integral role in the reproduction of Communities of Practice. As an approach to situated learning, LPP includes not only traditional apprenticeship methods of learning but also ""indirect"" CMC learning that …
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The Efficacy of Knowledge Sharing: Centralized Vs. Self-Organizing Online Communities
… Using a framework comprised of legitimate peripheral participation theory and the weak-ties phenomenon, the study focuses on a comparative analysis of self-organizing online communities (e.g., weblog networks) and centralized online communities (e.g., discussion forums communities) with …
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A study of teaching assistants' engagement with a mathematics block of learning
… and Lave & Wenger’s (1991) theory of ‘legitimate peripheral participation’. All nine teaching assistants identified positive outcomes from their study relating to their practice, in particular their increased confidence in mathematics as a subject, and ability to work with children in a …
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Through the Lens: Using Auto-Driven Photo-Elicitation to Capture the Development of Career Aspirations of Business Management and Fine Art Students
… aspects of community life), and identity through peripheral participation (activities that are akin to peripheral participation in a professional community). This research establishes there is a relationship between the development and building of identity and self-efficacy through belonging, …
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SME leaders’ learning in networked learning: An Actor-network theory and Communities of Practice theory informed analysis
… takes place through the process of legitimate peripheral participation. Gaining fuller participation leads to an increased identification with that of ‘leader’. Thirdly, the study theorises four conceptual learning spaces to show where the delegates learn. They are conceived of as an effect of …
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A Case Study of Doctoral Research Assistantships: Access and Experiences of Full-Time and Part-Time Education Students
… of access, distribution, and coordination of participation) to explore the ways institutional regulations, informal practices, and social relations promote, prevent, or limit full-time and part-time students’ legitimate peripheral participation in research assistantships. Although I devoted …
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The silent experiences of young bilingual learners : a small scale sociocultural study into the silent period
… and learning.<br></br><br></br> Legitimate peripheral participation is examined as a workable concept through which to explore the initial learning trajectory of an emergent bilingual learner whilst negotiating participation within, through and beyond the early years community of practice …
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Maintaining the efficiency of open production systems at scale: a case study of Wikipedia
… potential solutions to this steady decrease in participation. First I draw on social learning theory to evaluate the effectiveness of a new mode of peripheral participation through reader-submitted feedback. I experimentally demonstrate effective strategies for increasing the rate of …
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Journeying together towards goodness: participant understanding of practices and narratives in a University of the Nations Discipleship Training School
… Wenger’s social learning theory of Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) in a Community of Practice (CoP). Resources in practical theology, such as works by Dykstra and Bass, ground this study in the Christian tradition. Particular attention is given to DTS participants’ pursuit of moral …
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Are housing professionals born or made? The role of education and identity amongst housing professionals in Ireland.
… of communities of practice and legitimate peripheral participation in allowing a coherent professional identity to emerge. The centrality of caring and cared-for citizen is highlighted and the importance of flexibility and responsiveness is noted, as social housing professionals struggle to …
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SME leaders’ learning in networked learning : an actor-network theory and communities of practice theory informed analysis
… takes place through the process of legitimate peripheral participation. Gaining fuller participation leads to an increased identification with that of „leader‟. Thirdly, the study theorises four conceptual learning spaces to show where the delegates learn. They are conceived of as an effect of …
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Analyzing Stakeholder Perceptions of Gaps in Public Sexuality Education: Curriculum, Context, and Community
… 2015). I also used the theory of legitimate peripheral participation, which is a well-established theory of social interaction that can explain how learning occurs within and around a community (Lave and Wenger, 1991). I analyzed the curriculum of two rural public school divisions in the …
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Disciplinary Participation and Genre Acquisition of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Composition
… 2005; Thaiss and Zawacki, 2006), and legitimate peripheral participation (Lave and Wenger, 1991; Wenger 1998), this dissertation examines the transition that composition GTAs undergo during their first year of graduate school. Many of these GTAs move from little or no knowledge of Composition as …
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An exploratory study of the lived experience of newly appointed Health Care Assistants (HCAs) during their first six months in a role within an Acute Hospital setting.
… theories of Newcomer Adjustment and Legitimate Peripheral Participation. This led to the idea of ‘Belonging to their role’ and ‘Belonging to their ward’ as two interrelated concepts that frame the lived experience. A framework for the experience of newly appointed Health Care Assistants to acute …
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Possibilities for patchwork eportfolios? Critical dialogues and reflexivity as strategic acts of interruption
… identities” and that the conceptual bridge that peripheral participation in a community offers has the potential to allow us to take “a decentred view of master-apprenticeship relations.” The nurturing and enabling of such a community of practice within a professional course such as the PGCE has …
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An exploration of the efficacy of instructor modelling in the application of situated learning to educating student British Sign Language/English interpreters in healthcare interpreting
… where students can experience legitimate peripheral participation. This improvement in practice was sought in response to the call for interpreter education to address the perceived ‘readiness to work’ gap, which contributes to the disparity in health outcomes between deaf people and their …
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A phenomenological study of experiences in blended librarianship among academic librarians in Zimbabwe with special reference to selected higher education institutions
… from Lave and Wenger's (1991) Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) and Communities of Practice (CoP), to understand how academic librarians learnt in the workplace through involvement in authentic work tasks. The research methodology relied on Heidegger’s Interpretive Phenomenology …
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Situated Evaluation of an Interorganizational Collaboration
… in professional development. Using legitimate peripheral participation (Lave & Wenger, 1991) and the existing research on collaboration as conceptual frameworks (Rosenthal & Mizrahi, 1996), this study examined the processes that led to the establishment of the HelpSource Consortium and website …
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Becoming an academic : a study of learning to judge student performance in three disciplines at a South African university
… I applied the concepts of habitus and legitimate peripheral participation (LPP) to understand how new academics engaged with the communities of practice in their departments and learnt how to judge student performance of complex assessment tasks. The study revealed limitations in the explanatory …
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A classroom of life : a qualitative analysis of the reflections of medical students on their entry into an obstetric community of practice
… notions of community of practice and legitimate peripheral participation. Additional insights are provided by ritual theory, with its notions of separation,transition and integration. Other important concepts include the role of reflection in learning and critical discourse analysis as a means of …
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