Communities of Practice (Wenger Etienne)(Paperback)

Communities of Practice (Wenger Etienne)(Paperback)

Learning is becoming an urgent topic. Nations worry about the learning of their citizens, companies about the learning of their workers, schools about the learning of their students. But it is not always easy to think about how to foster learning in innovative ways. This book presents a framework

Social Learning Systems and Communities of Practice (Blackmore Chris)(Paperback)

Social Learning Systems and Communities of Practice is a collection of classical and contemporary writing associated with learning and systemic change in contexts ranging from cities, to rural development to education to nursing to water management to public policy. It is likely to be of interest

Situated Learning (Lave Jean)(Paperback)

In this important theoretical treatise, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning--that learning is fundamentally a social process and not solely in the learner's head. The authors maintain that learning viewed as situated

The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music (McLean Alex)(Paperback)

With the ongoing development of algorithmic composition programs and communities of practice expanding, algorithmic music faces a turning point. Joining dozens of emerging and established scholars alongside leading practitioners in the field, chapters in this Handbook both describe the state of

Building Successful Communities of Practice (Webber Emily)(Paperback)

Connecting with other people, finding a sense of belonging and the need for support are natural human desires. Employees who don't feel supported at work don't stay around for long - or if they do, they quickly become unmotivated and unhappy. At a time when organisational structures are flattening

Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas (Gilson Etienne)(Paperback)

River of Ink (Appert Etienne)(Paperback)

With grace, poetry, clarity, and expert knowledge, artist Etienne Appert brings us a book about the very origins of the art of illustration--what it means and why it exists. 'Why do you draw?' A simple question by a young boy moves the author to travel with him down the River of Ink, which flows

Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (Costanza-Chock Sasha)(Paperback)

An exploration of how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.What is the relationship between design, power, and social justice? 'Design justice' is an approach to design that is led by marginalized

Collective Narrative Practice: Responding to individuals, groups, and communities who have experienced trauma (Denborough David)(Paperback)

This book introduces a range of hopeful methodologies to respond to individuals, groups and communities who are experiencing hardship. These approaches are deliberately easy to engage with and can be used with children, young people and adults. The methodologies described include: Collective

Learning to Make a Difference: Value Creation in Social Learning Spaces (Wenger-Trayner Etienne)(Paperback)

Today, more people want to know how to make a meaningful difference to what they care about. But for that, traditional approaches to learning often fall short. In this book, we offer a theoretical and practical way forward. We introduce the concept of social learning spaces for developing both new

Independent Thinking on Restorative Practice: Building Relationships, Improving Behaviour and Creating Stronger Communities (Finnis Mark)(Paperback)

In Independent Thinking on Restorative Practice: Building relationships, improving behaviour and creating stronger communities, Mark Finnis shares a practical and inspiring introduction to the use of restorative practice in educational settings. For those educators who are uncomfortable with the

Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools: A Practical Guide to Transforming School Communities (Thorsborne Margaret)(Paperback)

Restorative practice is a proven approach to discipline in schools that favours relationships over retribution, and has been shown to improve behaviour and enhance teaching and learning outcomes. However, in order for it to work, restorative practice needs a relational school culture. Implementing

An Analysis of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities (Xidias Jason)(Paperback)

Benedict Anderson's 1983 masterpiece Imagined Communities is a ground-breaking analysis of the origins and meanings of 'nations' and 'nationalism.' A book that helped reshape the field of nationalism studies, Imagined Communities also shows the critical thinking skills of interpretation and

History Of The African & Caribbean Communities In Britain (Adi Hakim)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating look at the history of African and Caribbean communities in

Arts, Culture and Community Development (Premaratna Nilanjana)(Paperback)

How and why are arts and cultural practices meaningful to communities? Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community development. Academics and practitioners from

Physical Hydrodynamics (Guyon Etienne)(Paperback)

This second edition of Physical Hydrodynamics is a deeply enriched version of a classical textbook on fluid dynamics. It retains the same pedagogical spirit, based on the authors' experience of teaching university students in the physical sciences, and emphasizes an experimental (inductive)

Rural Communities: Legacy + Change (Flora Cornelia Butler)(Paperback)

Communities in rural America are a complex mixture of peoples and cultures, ranging from miners who have been laid off in West Virginia, to Laotian immigrants relocating in Kansas to work at a beef processing plant, to entrepreneurs drawing up plans for a world-class ski resort in California's

Real Price of Fish - The Story of Scotland's Fishing Industry and Communities (Fitzpatrick Linda)(Paperback / softback)

Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (Gray Jonathan)(Paperback)

A completely updated edition of a seminal work on fans and communities We are all fans. Whether we follow our favorite celebrities on Twitter, attend fan conventions such as Comic Con, or simply wait with bated breath for the next episode of our favorite television drama--each of us is a fan

Thomist Realism and the Critique of Knowledge (Gilson Etienne)(Paperback)

The highly regarded French philosopher, ?tienne Gilson, brilliantly plumbs the depths of Thomistic Realism, and false Thomisms as well, in this answer to Kantian modernism. The important work, exquisitely translated by Mark Wauck, brings the essential elements of philosophy into view as a cohesive,

Sense and Nonsense about Crime, Drugs, and Communities (Walker Samuel)(Paperback)

Samuel Walker's SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME, DRUGS, AND COMMUNITIES was one of the first books to challenge common misconceptions about crime, and the new Eighth Edition remains uniquely effective at doing so. Described as a 'masterful critique' of American policies on everything from crime

Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (La Boetie Etienne de)(Paperback / softback)

Race, Nation, Class: Ambiguous Identities (Balibar Etienne)(Paperback)

Forty years after the defeat of Nazism, and twenty years after the great wave of decolonization, how is it that racism remains a growing phenomenon? What are the special characteristics of contemporary racism? How can it be related to class divisions and to the contradictions of the nation-state?

Surroundings: A History of Environments and Environmentalisms (Benson Etienne S.)(Paperback)

Given the ubiquity of environmental rhetoric in the modern world, it's easy to think that the meaning of the terms environment and environmentalism are and always have been self-evident. But in Surroundings, we learn that the environmental past is much more complex than it seems at first glance. In