Readings:
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 from "Communities of Practice," by Etienne Wenger, 1998.
Recommended:
Preface to "Communities of Practice," by Etienne Wenger, 1998.
Chapter 1 and 2 from "Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation" Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, Cambridge U. Press 1991.
JFC's notes for lecture 17.