2003
DOI: 10.1108/13665620310483895
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Learning from others at work: communities of practice and informal learning

Abstract: This paper addresses the question of who is involved in learning in workplaces and ways in which members of workgroups learn as part of their normal work. It draws upon qualitative data from a study of multiple work sites with differentiated work within a large organisation. It examines the value of the notion of communities of practice in conceptualising such workplace learning and suggests that other forms of conceptualisation are also needed.

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“…application de techniques. De plus, même si la culture universitaire n'apporte pas autant de soutien qu'il serait souhaitable, un département peut de façon autonome promouvoir l'excellence de l'enseignement ou de sa formation professorale au sein de sa communauté d'enseignants [89,149] .…”
Section: Théories Et Principes Explicationunclassified
“…application de techniques. De plus, même si la culture universitaire n'apporte pas autant de soutien qu'il serait souhaitable, un département peut de façon autonome promouvoir l'excellence de l'enseignement ou de sa formation professorale au sein de sa communauté d'enseignants [89,149] .…”
Section: Théories Et Principes Explicationunclassified
“…Además de los factores mencionados se han encontrado relaciones entre variables que no aparecen recogidas en el modelo de Pineda et al (2013), como son el factor generación de una comunidad o red de profesionales, referido al grado en que los participantes generan una red profesional para comentar, colaborar o compartir ideas relacionadas con la formación, la organización o su práctica profesional (e.g., Boud y Middleton, 2003;Ingvarson, Meiers y Beavis, 2005). La transferencia también aparece relacionada con la variable tiempo; por ejemplo, algunos estudios han destacado el impacto del momento en el que tiene lugar la formación (Broad, 2005;Salas, Tannenbaum, Kraiger y Smith-Jentsch, 2012) y han puesto de manifiesto que el uso de habilidades aprendidas en la formación declina con el paso del tiempo (e. g., Blume et al, 2010;Tziner y Falbe, 1993), pero no existe un índice formalizado que ilustre cómo el constructo cambia en función del paso del tiempo.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…It is also referred as informal learning at work and regarded as being "a part of the job" or a mechanism of "doing the job properly" and is thus rendered invisible as learning (Boud & Middleton, 2003). This misunderstanding of rendering learning invisible at work inevitably and unconsciously hampers work and the quality of work life.…”
Section: Work-integrated Trainingmentioning
confidence: 99%