Three Decades of Communities of Practice Conceptualization: Revisiting the foundations of Lave and Wenger's constructs and their impact on contemporary learning theory

Flávia Roberta Fernandes; Helena de Fátima Nunes Silva; Glauco Gomes de Menezes; JeanFrank Teodoro Dantas Sartori; João Augusto Wendt Mischiatti

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss4.3732

Authors

Flávia Roberta Fernandes Federal University of Paraná
Helena de Fátima Nunes Silva Federal University of Paraná
Glauco Gomes de Menezes Federal University of Paraná
JeanFrank Teodoro Dantas Sartori Federal University of Paraná https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-3756
João Augusto Wendt Mischiatti Federal University of Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss4.3732

Keywords:

Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger, Jean Lave, CoPs

Abstract

This article aims to identify the key authors and the theoretical foundations’ delineation of Lave and Wenger’s concept of Communities of Practice (CoPs) and its relationship with the learning theory. This exploratory and descriptive study applied a qualitative approach and bibliographic research based on Lave and Wenger’s (1991) publication “Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation”. All 48 references indicated in their research and the perceived relevance the authors have in academia. Data analysis was conducted using bibliometric and content analysis techniques with the aid of the NVivo software. The results showed the relevance of the key authors to the academy based on their number of publications, citation analysis, h-index, fields of study and contributions to those fields. We also identified that the concept of Communities of Practice is interdisciplinarity amongst anthropology, sociology, and psychology.

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Author Biographies

Flávia Roberta Fernandes, Federal University of Paraná

Information Management Masters and PhD Programme
Helena de Fátima Nunes Silva, Federal University of Paraná

Department of Science and Information Management
Glauco Gomes de Menezes, Federal University of Paraná

Department of Science and Information Management
JeanFrank Teodoro Dantas Sartori, Federal University of Paraná

Department of Science and Information Management
João Augusto Wendt Mischiatti, Federal University of Paraná

Department of Science and Information Management

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