The Education of Hindu Priests in the Diaspora: Assessing the Value of Community of Practice Theory

Autor/in	Verma, Michele
Titel	The Education of Hindu Priests in the Diaspora: Assessing the Value of Community of Practice Theory
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 26 (2010) 1, S.11-21 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2009.08.003
Schlagwörter	Training Methods; Apprenticeships; Case Studies; Communities of Practice; Ethnography; Interviews; Vignettes; Learning Processes; Educational Environment; Social Theories; Learning Theories; Religion; Religious Cultural Groups; Clergy; Immigrants; Role; Ethnic Groups; Foreign Countries; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Community; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Learning process; Lernprozess; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Gesellschaftstheorie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Klerus; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Rollen; Ethnie; Ausland
Abstract	The utility and limitations of Lave and Wenger's social theory of learning can be evaluated through specific case studies which enhance our understanding of how education proceeds in diverse contexts. Here I provide an ethnographic case study of the training of Caribbean-born Hindu "pandits" ("priests") living and working in Queens, New York. Sanatanist pandits have many responsibilities such as performing rituals, interpreting astrological charts and scripture, managing the day to day affairs of temples and counseling people. In order to explicate the process by which people are moved into the social roles of "pandit-in-training" and "pandit," I shift between interviewees' words, vignettes of their actions and my interpretation of communities of practice and its relevance for mapping the education of Hindu pandits. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10