Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner The practice of learning citizenship A vision for the Mandel community Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Mandel Graduate Unit Conference December 22, 2011

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner An invitation This conference... Professional identity The mission of the Mandel graduates Personal level: learning citizenship System level: social learning capability Our journey... Explore the possibilities …

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Landscapes of practice a social body of knowledge

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Knowledgeability Negotiating identity in a complex landscape

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Client Knowledgeability Negotiating identity in a complex landscape Training Alumni Workplace Research discipline 1 Regulator y body Profession al body Profession al body Research discipline 2

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Client Knowledgeability Negotiating identity in a complex landscape Training Alumni Workplace Research discipline 1 Regulator y body Profession al body Profession al body Research discipline 2

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Client Knowledgeability Negotiating identity in a complex landscape Training Alumni Workplace Research discipline 1 Regulatory body Profession al body Profession al body Research discipline 2 Wikipedia Communities of practice NGO’s Google Informal communiti es Informal communiti es Institutes Informal curriculum s Informal curriculum s Personal networks Personal networks Bloggers Twitter

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Knowledgeability Negotiating identity in a complex landscape An increasingly complex landscape entails a shift in the burden of identity from the community to the person

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Social learning capability the challenge of social systems in the 21 st century

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Social learning capability core-boundary principle The learning capability of a social system lies in its dynamic combination of deep practices and active boundaries In-depth practice Active boundar y

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Social learning spaces shaping the learning capability of social systems

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Types of social learning spaces Conversations Conferences Social learning spaces Communities of practice Workshops ProjectsNetworks

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Communities of practice: a central type of social learning space In gangs… In gangs… they learn to survive on the streets In organizations… In organizations… they provide better service to clients A community of practice is... … a self-governed learning partnership among people, who share challenges, passion or interest interact regularly learn from and with each other improve their ability to do what they care about

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Communities of practice across sectors Ontario leading municipalities provincial service organizations PEM PAL

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Communities of practice as vehicles for social learning capability Taking learning to scale Addressing/crossing boundaries Stewarding an idea or aspiration Developing new leadership Giving voice to marginal Getting help with challenges Dealing with complexity of landscape Cooperating on innovation Reflecting on practice Learning from others Learning across projects Integrating vertical/horizontal

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner REFLECTION on personal experience of social learning spaces and communities of practice When have you experienced a community of practice? When did it work well? When did it not work well? What did you gain from it?

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Learning citizenship a social ethic of learning and identity

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner Acts of learning citizenship brokering Learning citizenship contributing moving on convening listening questioning trajectory identity skills position experience social artistry LegitimacyAction

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner REFLECTION on personal experiences of acts of learning citizenship When have you experienced an act of learning citizenship - your own or someone else’s? What made it possible? What happened? What did it lead to?

Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner REFLECTION possible visions for the practice of learning citizenship Mandel graduates the practice of learning citizenship in the context of being a Mandel graduate

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