Not All Who Wander are Lost: An Ethnographic Study of Individual Knowledge Construction within a Community of Practice

Not All Who Wander are Lost: An Ethnographic Study of Individual Knowledge Construction within a Community of Practice

This focused ethnography of Appalachian Trail (AT) long-distance hikers explored the situated and informal nature of individual knowledge construction as mediated through a community of practice. Unlike place-based or cyber-bound communities, the ever-changing membership and location dynamics of AT...

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Main Author: Siudzinski, Robert Andrew
Other Authors: Learning Sciences and Technologies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
situated learning
reflective practices
informal learning
communities of practice
knowledge construction
hikers
Appalachian Trail
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27864
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232007-163221/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27864
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232007-163221/

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