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Direct linkDePalma, Renee – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2009
Wenger's portrait of Alinsu insurance claims processors as elaborated in "Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity" remains closely associated with the community of practice model. The enduring metaphor of Alinsu has limited the scope of Wenger's theory to relatively simplistic, closed, and reproductive systems. The model has both…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Models, Action Research, Figurative Language
