{"id":6127,"date":"2025-07-30T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:59:55","slug":"lave-wengers-situated-learning-communities-of-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/?p=6127","title":{"rendered":"Lave &amp; Wenger\u2019s Situated Learning &amp; Communities of Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.rdu6o3idypsz_l\">Learning Happens in the Real World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger\u2019s theory emphasizes that learning is social and context-driven. People learn best when they participate in real communities, solving real problems. This is the foundation of&nbsp;<strong>Communities of Practice<\/strong>\u2014groups that learn together by doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.oum9f7xbedv1_l\">Key Concepts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Legitimate peripheral participation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authentic context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.thoqq4w5gtcw_l\"><strong>Why it Matters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s perfect for adult learners in the workplace, where learning happens through collaboration, mentorship, and shared practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.k2w30z1y8e56_l\">How to Use It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create peer learning groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage mentorship and knowledge sharing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design learning in authentic, real-world contexts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Happens in the Real World Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger\u2019s theory emphasizes that learning is social and context-driven. People learn best when they participate in real communities, solving real problems. This is the foundation of&nbsp;Communities of Practice\u2014groups that learn together by doing. Key Concepts Why it Matters It\u2019s perfect for adult learners in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing-performance-coaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6128,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions\/6128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}