Essay on the practice of social theorizing
Plug-and-play as a metaphor for social theorizing
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Theory
Learning in landscapes of practice
A new step in the evolution of the theory
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Social learning capability
Learning capability – or the capability to learn – is a paradoxical aspiration
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What is social learning?
NOTICE: There is an updated version of all these FAQs on our new website: See new FAQs We see it as our mission to develop a theory and practice of social learning – for individuals, communities, organizations, and society more generally. So this concept is fundamental for us. Etienne’s work on social learning theory places
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Social artists
Successful social learning spaces depend on acts of learning citizenship on the part of everyone. But some people have a knack for making it happen. They can create social spaces where meaningful learning can take place where people are inspired to learn together and to act as learning citizens. We have met a number of
Learning citizenship
We all have a unique trajectory through the landscape of practices that constitute the human world. All these practices have in some way contributed to shaping who we are. And the resulting identity is a unique perspective on the world. As we participate in different social learning spaces our actions affect those spaces. They also
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Social learning spaces
Hopefully we all know them… those contexts where you feel like you are able to have really meaningful conversations with people about your experience of and involvement in practice. You feel that you can be who you are as a learner. Communities, workshops, events, co-authoring… they can all give rise to those kinds of interactions
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Essays on social learning capability
Social learning capability: four essays on innovation and learning in social systems This series of essays was written by Etienne in 2009 as a reflection on EQUAL, a project with the European Union Social Fund in which both he and Bev were involved as consultants. One goal of EQUAL was to increase the social learning
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