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# Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

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In this important theoretical treatise, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning--that learning is fundamentally a social process and not solely in the learner's head. The authors maintain that learning viewed as situated activity has as its central defining characteristic a process they call legitimate peripheral participation. Learners participate in communities of practitioners, moving toward full participation in the sociocultural practices of a community. Legitimate peripheral participation provides a way to speak about crucial relations between newcomers and oldtimers and about their activities, identities, artifacts, knowledge and practice. The communities discussed in the book are midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, and recovering alcoholics, however, the process by which participants in those communities learn can be generalized to other social groups.

Review: Great discussion about communities of practice and learning trajectories - I bought this book to support my understanding of communities of practice for my PhD. Great explanation of theories and the real life examples that support those theories.
Review: fun read - A very fun read while educating on educating

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| Best Sellers Rank | #189,515 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #56 in Cognitive Psychology (Books) #74 in Developmental Psychology (Books) #75 in Medical Developmental Psychology |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 133 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great discussion about communities of practice and learning trajectories
*by B***D on May 24, 2013*

I bought this book to support my understanding of communities of practice for my PhD. Great explanation of theories and the real life examples that support those theories.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ fun read
*by M***R on July 17, 2025*

A very fun read while educating on educating

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Inspiring, but hard to read
*by S***N on March 31, 2014*

Loved this. Inspired me to keep reading on about this situated learning stuff, and just finished "Communities of Practice" by Wenger. This book by Lave and Wenger is really hard to read though, and it makes the book a challenging read. Really hits home with examples, though.

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