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Forging Professional Learning Communities: The Role of External Agency
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Sperandio, Jill; Kong, Peggy A. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
This article explored the effects of external agency on the establishment of professional learning communities (PLCs). The research was undertaken in the context of schools that have chosen to adopt the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate (IB) worldwide. The study employed a two-stage qualitative sequential design…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Advanced Placement Programs, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Linking Network Learning Capacity (NLC) to Professional Community and Organizational Learning in an International Baccalaureate (IB) School in Taiwan
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Lin, Warangkana; Lee, Moosung – Journal of Educational Administration, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore a concept that has been less examined in empirical research on school organization, namely Network Learning Capacity (NLC). It is proposed that teachers' professional networks enhance teachers' individual NLC. This process leads to a formation of professional community (PC) and therefore affects the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Communities of Practice, Social Networks, Workplace Learning
The Role of Teacher Leadership in Professional Learning Community (PLC) in International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools: A Social Network Approach
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Lin, Warangkana; Lee, Moosung; Riordan, Geoff – Peabody Journal of Education, 2018
This study aims to illuminate how professional interactions among teachers form different types of teacher leadership in schools, which, in turn, shape different levels of teachers' involvement in activities related to their professional learning community (PLC). To investigate certain patterns of teachers' interactions that contribute to the…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Advanced Placement Programs, Social Networks, Faculty Development
Inquiry-Based Learning with Young Learners: A Peirce-Based Model Employed to Critique a Unit of Inquiry on Maps and Mapping
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Bacon, Karin; Matthews, Philip – Irish Educational Studies, 2014
Inquiry-based learning (IBL) has become a common theme in both school and higher education in recent years. It suggests a model of curriculum development and practice that moves educational debate beyond teacher or student-based approaches towards a model of teaching and learning in which the endeavour is shared. This paper discusses an…
Descriptors: Criticism, Units of Study, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
Mathematical Activities in a Social Learning Framework: How Multimodality Works in a Community of Practice
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Ferrara, Francesca; Ng, Oi-Lam – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
In this paper, we explore an approach to understanding how multimodality works in a community of practice. Using a social learning framework, we show how a community of practice, involving a pair of high school students, engaged in perceptual, bodily, and imaginary experiences while discussing about calculus concepts in a dynamic geometry…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, High School Students, Calculus, Student Experience
Handbook of Research on Curriculum Reform Initiatives in English Education. Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series
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Denman, Christopher, Ed.; Al-Mahrooqi, Rahma, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Different regions of the world are making increasing demands for educational reform, especially when institutions are dissatisfied with the level of proficiency of their graduates. Since the realization of how important English education is to global success, reform to English education is becoming progressively vital in societies all over the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning