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Download full textOllis, Tracey – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
This paper explores the informal and social learning dimensions of activists as they learn skills and knowledge through participating in social action. In doing this I draw on Lave and Wenger's epistemology of situated learning and Bourdieu's theory of "habitus". I argue activists learn an array of community development skills in the…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Community Development, Socialization, Activism
