Beyond Communities of Practice : Language, Power and Social Context

ISBN 10: 0521544920 / ISBN 13: 9780521544924

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Communities of Practice : Language, Power and Social Context
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521544920
• ISBN 13: 9780521544924
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.763 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

This book consists of a set of studies exploring the concept of 'communities of practice'.

About the Authors

David Barton is Professor of Language and Literacy in the Department of Linguistics at Lancaster University. He is Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre. His main work has been concerned with carrying out detailed studies of literacy practices in different domains of life and with rethinking the nature of literacy in contemporary society.

Karin Tusting is a Research Associate at the Literacy Research Centre at Lancaster University. She is currently working on the Adult Learners' Lives project, an ethnography study of the relationship between learning and other aspects of people's lives, working with adult literacy, numeracy, and ESOL learners.