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Anders Astrup Christensen – Professional Development in Education, 2025
The concept of professional learning communities (PLCs) has received considerable attention in research as well as in school practice since the late 1990s. PLCs have been positively associated with a variety of outcomes for both teachers and students, but differences in the way the concept is operationalised, and the fact that most of the research…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Surveys, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction
Elizabeth Ann Nichols – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In 2019 the world experienced a medical emergency that impacted education across the world. Several states in the United States had professional learning communities introduced into their schools as a means to enhance academic achievement prior to COVID 19. In order to show support to the schools and increase student achievement, a state…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement
Mandy Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study identified the experiences of middle school teachers in the Southeastern Louisiana participating in professional learning communities, using the social constructivism theory. The study uncovers the various factors that are present that influence instructional practices and student learning outcomes. Ten middle school teachers engage in…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Communities of Practice, Middle School Teachers, Influences
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Joonkil Ahn; Osly J. Flores; Anjalé D. Welton; Donald G. Hackmann – Journal of Educational Change, 2025
Despite the benefits of improving teaching and learning that research evidences, professional learning communities (PLCs) can be challenging to sustain for a sufficient period of time to become deeply engrained within the school's culture and accepted by teachers as organizational norms. As PLCs strive to achieve a system-level reform and promote…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Cooperative Learning, Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods
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Shand, Robert; Batts, Jacqui – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2023
Collaboration among teachers is an important vehicle for teacher development, shared leadership, improving student achievement, building school culture, and attracting and retaining effective teachers. However, if professional collaborative environments are not truly diverse and inclusive or marginalize individual teachers or groups of teachers…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inclusion, Diversity (Faculty), Racism
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Kara Plank; Karen L. Sanzo; Jay Paredes Scribner – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to understand how to develop, support and utilize professional learning community (PLCs) to build organizational capacity to support teacher learning and collaboration. Although literature highlights the importance of leadership in creating a PLC, there is little research on specific actions leaders can take to create an…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Capacity Building, Leadership, Sustainability
Christine N. Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed-methods phenomenological study was to investigate the relationship between professional learning community (PLC) implementation and teachers' perceptions of engagement, professional collaboration, professional growth, and ultimately collective teacher efficacy. This research study collected data from elementary school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Teacher Effectiveness, Relationship
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Frida Grimm – Professional Development in Education, 2024
Teacher leaders are increasingly leading learning conversations in professional learning communities (PLCs) in schools in several parts of the world today, but there is little empirical knowledge of teacher leadership in PLC conversations. Thus, this article aims to enhance such knowledge, particularly the development of teacher leadership in PLC…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Teacher Leadership, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries
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Aminath Adhala Rasheed; Ahmad Albattat; S. M. Ferdous Azam – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Virtual professional learning communities provide digital platforms for teachers across the globe to join learning networks and engage in continuous and unrestricted learning. This study aimed to explore the impact of contextual factors on establishing virtual professional learning communities in Maldivian schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice
Gertrude Jones Black – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this study, I explored professional learning community sustainability at the school, district, and state levels. Researchers have found that professional learning communities are a means of effective professional learning for teachers and a vital factor in increased student achievement. However, there is very little multi-case research…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Sustainability, Faculty Development, School Culture
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William Thigpen; Juliann Sergi McBrayer; Kathleen Crawford; Cordelia Zinskie; Monika Krah; Summer Pannell – Educational Planning, 2024
As schools face increasing student achievement accountability, many educators have turned to school-level professional learning communities (PLCs) as a possible solution. The challenge is that many schools are not implementing PLCs with fidelity. It is imperative that school leaders assess PLC practices to ensure that critical components are being…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Implementation, Communities of Practice, Fidelity
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Yun Qu; Simiao Liu; Ying Shao; Guoqiang Li – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Professional learning communities are essential for school success, and principal leadership is crucial for teachers' participation in them. Based on social exchange theory and ambidextrous leadership theory, this study explored the mediating role of teachers' trust in principals between moral leadership and professional learning communities and…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Communities of Practice, Principals, Administrator Behavior
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Rachel Denee – Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, 2023
A network professional learning community (PLC) is characterised by a non-hierarchical approach to professional learning. Members are supported to engage and to learn when leadership is distributed across a network PLC. The mixed methods study reported here was designed to examine how a network PLC could effectively improve visual arts pedagogy in…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Communities of Practice, Visual Arts, Art Education
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Visal Moosa; Sallimah Salleh; Lukman Hamid – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2024
Implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) has become common place in schools across the globe. Perhaps, the prevailing definitions and operationalization of PLCs could explain the disparities in how they are executed in various contexts. By investigating a selection of recent studies, this review of literature aims to analyse how…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Definitions, Questionnaires, Program Implementation
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Shengnan Liu; Philip Hallinger – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2024
Prior research has established principal leadership as a key factor in enhancing professional learning communities. However, researchers are only beginning to make progress in identifying the means and 'paths' through which school leaders contribute to professional learning communities. This study tested a multilevel, moderated mediation model of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Instructional Leadership, School Culture
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