Introduction 1. Literacy, reification, and the dynamics of social interaction David Barton and Mary Hamilton 2. Language and power in communities of practice Karin Tusting 3. Mediating allegations of racism in a multiethnic London school: what speech communities and communities of practice can tell us about discourse and power Angela Creese 4. 'I've picked some up from a colleague': language, sharing, and communities of practice in an institutional setting Frances Rock 5. The person in the doing: negotiating the experience of self Maria Clara Keating 6. Communities of practice and learning communities: do bilingual co-workers learn in community? Deirdre Martin 7. Moving beyond communities of practice in adult basic education Steven Robert Harris and Nicola Shelswell 8. Communities of practice in higher education: useful heuristic or educational model? Mary Lea 9. Communities of practice, risk, and Sellafield Greg Myers 10. Semiotic social spaces and affinity spaces: from 'the age of mythology' to today's schools James Paul Gee.
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