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Union Women in a Community of Practice #748

Teachers’ unions have yet to achieve gender parity. This gap widens further in the leadership. Therefore, unions should encourage women to participate in union activities. Lave and Wenger’s (1991) community of practice (CoP) framework is one way of explaining how female foreign language teachers participate in their union. Newcomers become more experienced and become core members. In this presentation, I will share preliminary data on how women participate in their CoP in their labor union.