Social learning

Sport and social capital

by Nicholson, Matthew, Hoye, Russell

fromSport management series (Oxford, England)

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Despite the importance of sport as a social, economic and political institution, research into sport and social capital has not been extensive. Sport and Social Capital is the first book to examine this increasingly high profile area in detail. It explores the ways in which spor…

Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity

by Wenger, Etienne

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This book presents a theory of learning that starts with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we get to know what we know and by which we become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual no…

Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity

by Wenger, Etienne

fromLearning in doing : social, cognitive, and computational pe…

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"Communities of Practice presents a theory of learning that starts with this assumption: engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we learn and so become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual nor social institu…

Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity

by Wenger, Etienne

fromLearning in Doing

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The theory of learning presented in this volume begins with the assumption that engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we acquire knowledge and by which we become who we are.

Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity

by Wenger, Etienne

fromLearning in Doing

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"Communities of Practice presents a theory of learning that starts with this assumption: engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we learn and so become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual nor social institu…

The three essays of this dissertation focus on the period of the American Westward expansion. The first essay, co-authored with Ross Mattheis, examines the impact of the 1862 Homestead Act on long-run development. We establish that areas with greater historical exposure to homes…

The introduction of the Feed-in tariff (FIT) program in Ontario in 2010, with specific considerations for community-owned renewable energy (CE) initiatives, was a turning point for renewable energy co-operatives (RE co-ops) in the province as their numbers jumped from only two t…

Juvenile delinquency is deemed a worldwide issue. Despite efforts to remediate, it persists. This study employs a case study methodology to examine the principles, implementation, and perceived impact of a Salesian youth development approach, the Preventive System, on youth deli…

Creating a learning society: a new approach to growth, development, and social…

by Stiglitz, Joseph E., Greenwald, Bruce C.

fromKenneth J. Arrow lecture series (New York, N.Y.)

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"It has long been recognized that most standard of living increases are associated with advances in technology, not the accumulation of capital. Yet it has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less developed countries is not just a gap in resources or outpu…