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Harvey, Frida; Teledahl, Anna – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2022
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) have been used increasingly in designing and discussing teachers' professional development, but how PLC are organised and framed differ between contexts. There is a lack of meta-level studies that aim to define and compare different ways of organising PLC. In this literature review of 32 studies,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Educational Improvement
Jonathan Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Mathematics education researchers examined teacher practices that support students who have historically been marginalized and have underperformed in school. These efforts have led to much discussion about how to incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) theoretically and pragmatically. Many teachers want to develop and implement more…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Communities of Practice
Poortman, Cindy L.; Brown, Chris; Schildkamp, Kim – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) of educators represent a promising approach to achieving continuous school improvement. At the same time, a range of studies in this area, including several systematic reviews and meta-analyses, report multiple conceptual and methodological challenges, or, at best, mixed results. Purpose and…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Professional Development, Educational Improvement, Communities of Practice
Richard DuFour; Rebecca DuFour; Robert Eaker; Thomas W. Many; Mike Mattos; Anthony Muhammad – Solution Tree, 2024
25 years on, the PLC at Work® process continues to produce results across the United States and worldwide. In this fourth edition of the bestseller "Learning by Doing," the authors use updated research and time-tested knowledge to address current education challenges, from learning gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic to the need to…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary Secondary Education, Teamwork, Coaching (Performance)
Nicole E. Kitchen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this study was that online training designers experience barriers when implementing evaluations to assess knowledge transfer after 3-6 months. This qualitative exploratory case study aimed to explore online training designers' experiences and perceptions regarding the barriers faced when working with project stakeholders…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Training
Ioana Ramia; Belinda Parker; Julie People; Kate Ridgway; Zid Mancenido; Sarah Hayter, Contributor – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2022
This national snapshot presents findings on the current use of evidence by teachers and leaders in Australian schools. The authors examine attitudes towards and use of various types of evidence, and challenges and enablers in using evidence. In examining the use of evidence, they distinguish between: (1) research evidence: academic research, such…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Research, Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes
Ilana Bayer; Asiana Elma; Muhammadhasan Nasser; Lawrence Grierson – Discover Education, 2022
Introduction: Health professionals engage in continuous professional development through higher education. As traditional university learning environments pose a challenge to working health professionals, distance education allows these learners to engage in higher education in alignment with their learning preferences and needs. Literature on…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Online Courses
Bickmore, Dana L.; Gonzales, Miguel M.; Roberts, Maria B. – NASSP Bulletin, 2021
This case study describes a pilot professional development project in which school leaders met regularly in a community of practice to clarify each other's identification of a problem of practice followed by development and implementation of a school improvement plan. Findings indicated positive perceptions of and engagement in the community of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Feldman, Jennifer – South African Journal of Education, 2020
In this article I discuss the potential of professional learning communities (PLCs) within the South African education context using a practice theory lens. PLCs are presented by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) as collaborative learning communities that are fundamentally social and should be established in all schools (DBE, Republic of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement
Region 4 Comprehensive Center, 2023
School leadership is a critical factor in school improvement. The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) and Region 4 Comprehensive Center (R4CC) have strengthened school leadership through implementation of the Delaware Leadership Network and the Delaware Principal Supervisor Leadership Program. These two major efforts, collaboratively designed…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Supervision
Renée M. Cockrell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School turnaround initiatives are top-down in nature and tend to relegate students and teachers to passive roles rather than empowering them as central change agents in school improvement. The purpose of this qualitative Action Research study was to investigate and deepen the use of student feedback to improve teaching and learning experiences and…
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, School Turnaround, Educational Improvement
Prenger, Rilana; Poortman, Cindy L.; Handelzalts, Adam – Journal of Educational Change, 2021
Professional learning communities are promising for teacher learning and improving the quality of education. In the past decade, there has been a shift in focus from within-school to cross-school PLCs: Professional Learning Networks. Knowledge of the underlying working processes of teacher learning in PLNs is scarce. This is even more complicated…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Teacher Education, Social Networks
Psencik, Kay; Mitrani, Valerie; Coleman, Ramona – Learning Professional, 2019
Effective coaches make time for their own learning. As they systematically engage in professional learning, they develop and deepen their knowledge in areas including the Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011), adult learning principles, and research-based instructional practices. This ongoing learning process doesn't happen…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Professional Development, School Districts, Teacher Leadership
Oude Groote Beverborg, Arnoud; Sleegers, Peter J. C.; Moolenaar, Nienke M.; van Veen, Klaas – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2020
To support school improvement, understanding the mechanisms that enhance teachers' engagement in professional learning activities within schools over time is paramount. The purpose of this three-wave longitudinal study is to examine the role of workplace conditions (school leaders' vision building and teams' shared goals), in supporting teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Vocational Education Teachers, Shared Resources and Services, Professional Development
Lampert, Jo; Ball, Arnetha; Garcia-Carrion, Rocio; Burnett, Bruce – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
This paper provides three case studies of initiatives developed to improve educational opportunities in vulnerable urban communities. The cities in the three countries involved, Australia, the United States, and Spain, are different in many ways; however, each has persistent and entrenched inequalities between the educational opportunities and…
Descriptors: Poverty Areas, Urban Areas, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries