Study on School Informal Groups in the Perspective of Community of Practice

Informal group is a term that has its origin in psychology: it is a group of people, not organized by certain rules, who are acquainted with each other spontaneously in a certain environment.The students in a group of this sort are brought together by what they do that is often oriented by their interests and values.This paper tries to explore the features of school informal communities and how this kind of community works from the perspective of community of practice.