Learning, instruction and assessment in the workplace
Applying and augmenting Communities of Practice theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21458663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Tummons (0000-0002-1372-3799, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 403-417 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Continuing Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0158-037X • E-ISSN: 1470-126X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0158037x.2024.2372490 |
| OpenAlex | W4400255202 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Derived from an ethnography of workplace cultures and practices, this article rests on a critical application and augmentation of Communities of Practice theory in order to account for the ways in which the assessment of complex and heterogeneous workplace learning can be conceptualised. Exemplified through a series of vignettes constructed from the ethnographic data, the article foregrounds a variety of experiences of assessment – formal and informal – that characterise the trajectories of workers as participants within the Community of Practice. In addition to providing an account of a qualified and specialist workforce, this article also provides an exemplar for ethnographic research as a vehicle for exploring the assessment of workplace learning through Communities of Practice theory. This exploration is accomplished in two ways: firstly, through a critical use of certain paradigmatic elements of the theory; secondly, through the augmentation of the theory in order to address some of these past critiques whilst maintaining the epistemological coherence of the theory as a whole. The article concludes by arguing that Communities of Practice theory can be critically applied in order to generate ethnographic accounts that valorise the richness and complexity of the practices being assessed
Engineering ethics · Knowledge management · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Workplace learning · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Engineering · Higher Education Learning Practices · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Medicine · Psychology
Including the missing subject
Beyond Communities of Practice
How We Learn
Communities of Practice
Sociocultural Studies of Mind
Communities Of Practice, Foucault And Actor‐Network Therory
Learning as Apprentices in the Contemporary UK Workplace
Restrictive and expansive participation in companies’ activities
“I’ve got a mountain of paperwork to do!” Literacies and texts in a cycle technicians’ workshop
Knowledge, expertise, craft, and practice
Researching Culture
Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research
Situated Learning and Assessment
Struggling for Legitimacy
“Now It's Not School, It's For Real!”
The practice of writing ethnographic fieldnotes
For ethnography
Consent requires a relationship
Ontogeny and participation in communities of practice
Learning as peripheral participation in communities of practice
Communities of Practice as a Social Theory of Learning
Beyond records and representations
Situated Learning
Rethinking Situated Learning
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |