This drawing shows a page from a notebook, with three headings and a simple table, presented as an example to show whether people belong to communities of practice in their everyday lives.
From left to right the headings read: ‘The groups I belong to’, ‘How they support my learning’ and ‘Any features of a community of practice?’ In the first column, there are two entries: ‘my family’ and ‘the gym’.
Alongside the first entry (my family), in the second column is written ‘share cooking recipes’, and in the third column there are three points indicating characteristics of a community of practice: ‘1. A common or shared interest in something; 2. A group or community of members who interact and learn together; 3. Shared or collective resources that members have developed over time.’
Alongside the second entry (the gym), in the second column is written ‘Instructor provides fitness advice’, and in the third is written ‘Not really’ – indicating that it isn’t like a community of practice.