From legitimate peripheral participation to full participation? : investigating the career paths of mature physiotherapy students in a context of changing NHS employment opportunities

This research investigates the experiences of 18 mature career-changing physiotherapists over the first three years of belonging to their new profession, employing and critiquing Lave and Wenger’s (1991) theory of community of practice in so doing. Such newcomers to a profession bring with them soci...

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Main Author: Dawson, Daphne C. E.
Published: Manchester Metropolitan University 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603336