Sociomaterial communities of Practice and Learning
Learning in times of change may happen differently then we imagined before. Learning for work happens effectively when learners are participating in the work practice whereby learning together as a socio-material community plays a key role.
For recent work on Professional Learning Communities:, see the following publications:
Al-Mahdi, O., De Munnik, M., Meinen, L., & Green, M. (2022). Professional Learning Communities in Private Schools in Bahrain and Oman: Reflection on Two Cases. ECNU Review of Education. Online First (Q3-Scopus Indexed) DOI: 10.1177/20965311221131583
De Munnik, M. & Al-Mahdi, O. (2021). Digitally Changing Teaching Practice Environments: An Exploration of Concepts and Implications. In C. Mafalda (Ed), Education and New Developments 2021 (pp.231-235). Lisboan, Portugal: World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS), InScience Press. https://doi.org/10.36315/2021end050 (Paper presented in the Education and New Developments 2021 (END) Virtual Conference, Portugal, 26-28 June 2021)
Al-Mahdi, O., de Munnik, M., Henkel, B., Meinen, L., Green, G. (2021). Professional Learning Communities: Reflections on Cases in Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. In D. Koyama (Ed.), Development of Innovative Pedagogical Practices for a Modern Learning Experience (pp 51-96). Jagadhri, HR: CSMFL Publications. https://dx.doi.org/10.46679/978819484836303
de Munnik, M. (2020). Exploring learning for work in the context of digital work technologies: the sociomaterial case of engineering professionals in the construction industry (Doctoral dissertation). University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa.