COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

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Tracing the origins of communities of practice from the earliest models of apprenticeship to today's professional learning communities, this course will examine the educational affordances and implications of socially networked learning environments, in and out of the classroom. N.B. In order to insure full class participation, any student with a disability condition requiring special accommodations (e.g., tape recorder, special adaptive equipment, special note taking or test taking procedures or sign/oral interpreter) is strongly encouraged to contact the professor at the beginning of the course. Admission into five-year global education program or Approved Petition Required from Program