Distributed communities of practice : an exploration of a distributed community of practice of South African Life Science teachers

Distributed communities of practice : an exploration of a distributed community of practice of South African Life Science teachers

This study researches phenomenon of the Biology Teachers Network (BTN), a distributed Community of Practice (CoP). The membership of the BTN is voluntary. The BTN is supported by a core group of members and administered by single moderator. The network uses a manually operated email system to commun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mckay, Robert Forbes
Other Authors: Prof J Cronje
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Teacher professional development
Email
Internet
Knowledge management
Life science
Virtual communities
Negotiation of meaning
Distributed communities of practice
Legitimate peripheral participation
Identity formation
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23160
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01132009-131320/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23160
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01132009-131320/

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