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Reference
Brown, John Seely and Paul Duguid. 2000. Learning in Theory and Practice. Chapter 5 in The Social Life of Information. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press
This chapter will consider knowledge and learning in relation to practice and distinct from information
Epistemology: Philosophical arguments Knowledge management = lightweight fad Will try to balance the two ("try to lift a gun too heavy to handle to aim at a target too insubstantial matter")
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Learning in practice
Learning about something, and becoming something are two different things, and the difference is PRACTICE (Know that Vs. Know-How)
Limits to going by the book They don't teach in the classroom what happens in reality A person is not an expert just by memorizing the book Explicit vs. Implicit dimensions of knowledge o Explicit: the book o Implicit: the practice Learning is a remarkably social process People learn in response to need Networks of practice o Groups of people that share a practice Communities of practice o Subsections of the networks of practice o The groups of people are tight-knit, know each other and work together directly o Direct coordination limits reach. But people strongly collaborate Information does not travel uniformly throughout the network as it does throughout the community Learning needs are understood in relation to the development of human identity
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