Communities of Practice: A Learning Strategy for Management Education

Autor/in	Monaghan, Catherine H.
Titel	Communities of Practice: A Learning Strategy for Management Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Management Education, 35 (2011) 3, S.428-453 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5629
DOI	10.1177/1052562910387536
Schlagwörter	Communities of Practice; Administrator Education; Learning Strategies; Teaching Methods; Professional Development; Cooperative Learning; Independent Study; Higher Education; Educational Objectives; Adult Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kooperatives Lernen; Selbststudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	Teaching students self-directed learning skills provides benefits that outlast individual courses. An individual self-directed approach is insufficient, however, given the fast pace of change students encounter in their professional lives. Communities of practice combine self-directed and collaborative learning to meet the challenges of today's dynamic organizational environment. This article introduces a learning strategy based on communities of practice to help students gain in-depth knowledge about an individual passion related to the course topic that, in turn, contributes effectively to students' professional development outside of the formal classroom setting. In this article, I briefly discuss the characteristics of communities of practice in organizational environments, including their relevance and effectiveness; provide the details for implementing communities of practice as a learning strategy in a management education classroom; and present an assessment of this learning strategy. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10