本研究以實務社群(Community of Practice)觀點探求青年國際志工個人在社群中如何與人、事、物進行互動,而養成其專業的歷程,以及合法周邊參與(Legitimate Peripheral Participation)過程當中的學習意涵。 本研究問題如下: (一) 青年國際志工的階段與歷程為何? (二) 青年國際志工合法周邊參與各階段的學習意涵為何? 本次研究採取質性研究,以半結構訪談法為主,訪談分為6位新手社群成員與3位老手成員,並運用參與觀察和文件資料作為輔助。 研究結果為: (一) 青年國際志工於社群內合法周邊參與可分為培訓觀察期、持續投入期、社群認同期以及融入核心期四階段。並非所有青年國際志工有一定的歷程。參與者可選擇繼續前進或後退,參與的速率同樣的也是因人而異。 (二) 各個合法周邊參與歷程的學習意涵,主要以非正規學習形式出現,但在培訓觀察期裡,主要依靠社群老手所設計的培訓計畫得以學習社群必備的知識技能,使新手參與者對社群事物快速認知並提升其對社群認同,此部分能補充Lave與Wenger早期對於正規教育的忽略。 (三) 合法周邊參與學習歷程,涵蓋多數與社群夥伴互動,與情境互動次之,誠如Lave與Wenger不斷強調學習絕非只是單純的遷移與同化,而是存在於社群成員的互動之中。
Abstract The study investigated how individual international youth volunteers interact with people and things in a community, the process they develop their professions and the learning connotation in the process of Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP). The research questions are as follows: 1. What are the stages and processes being an international youth volunteer? 2. What are the leaning connotations for international youth volunteers in each stage of the LPP? The study adopted a qualitative research with semi-structured interviews, with six new and three experienced community members as interviewees. The research results are as follows: 1. There are four stages, including training and observation, continuous engagement, community recognition and core assimilation stages, in the LPP of international youth volunteers. 2. Learning connotations in each stage appear mainly in informal forms of learning; however, in the training and observation stage, new participants mainly rely on the training programs designed by experienced participants to equip themselves with necessary knowledge and skills. This part may supplement the importance of formal education ignored by Lave and Wenger in the early years. 3. LPP and the learning process involve mostly the interaction with community partners and then the interaction with contexts. As emphasized by Lave and Wenger, learning is definitely not simply about migration and assimilation but exists in the interactions with other community members.