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FASTUCA, Lorena Fernández  y  GUEVARA, Jennifer. Thesis workshops as approaches towards a community of practice. Cuad. Investig. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.1, pp.31-46. ISSN 1510-2432.  https://doi.org/10.18861/cied.2017.8.1.2637.

One of the challenges of research training in postgraduate studies is to train early stage researchers in this area. Such training not only involves the development of skills but also the immersion in a community of practice; the academic community. Workshops are spaces where interplay between theory and practice promoting learning research work is established. This article explores thesis workshops in Argentina as approaches towards a community of practice. It focuses on pedagogic devices, which can be useful for postgraduate training pedagogical research. Two workshops of the same doctoral program in Social Sciences were observed, and the resulting data were analysed thematically. It was found that workshops offer significant tasks for the academic community, provide a controlled yet not simulated learning environment, facilitate the learning of the community repertoire and favour the exchange with peers and teachers. However, when assessment prevails the workshop focuses on obtaining passing grades rather than on learning. In short, the framework of communities of practice is significant in order to address the transmission of practical knowledge in the context of postgraduate education, since it does not only focus on the institutional process but also conceives learning as a process that develops alongside participation in a community of practice.

Palabras clave : Thesis workshops; doctoral education; research training; communities of practice; peripheral legitimate participation.

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