community of practice

noun

A group of people who share a craft and/or a profession.

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Meanings

nouncommunity of practice (plural communities of practice)

plural communities of practice

  1. A group of people who share a craft and/or a profession.

    In the classroom, disciplinary literacy entails seeing each subject area as a community of practice in which the teacher facilitates entry for students by helping them understand how to use language to access its conceptual knowledge and discourse practices.

    2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 2
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