A strategic approach to local sustainability assessment requires that sustainability implications of proposed policies, plans and programmes are evaluated. These evaluations need to critically consider organizational structures, processes and outcomes. The establishment of 'communities of practice', groups or networks of practitioners with shared interests, is a helpful mechanism for facilitating change in a wide range of organizations. This paper analyses the potential for communities of practice to contribute to the implementation of sustainability assessments by local government. Focusing on Sutherland Shire Council in Sydney, Australia, this paper presents the findings of a project that engaged practitioners in the design of a sustainability assessment system. The establishment of communities of practice helped
L’une des applications de la recherche en acquisition des langues est l’enseignement de ces dernières sur le terrain institutionnel. Une approche inter-/pluridisciplinaire s’impose de fait pour s’intéresser aux processus d’appropriation à l’œuvre. L’idée de base est ici de rendre compte des processus permettant l’appropriation d’une L1 pour tenter de les réutiliser (en les adaptant si besoin) en situation d’enseignement-apprentissage. Il sera donc certainement nécessaire d’opérer une transposition desdits processus d’un milieu écologique (naturel) vers un milieu institutionnel (le terrain scolaire).
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