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Saebø, Grethe Ingebrigtsvold; Midtsundstad, Jorunn H. – Improving Schools, 2022
This article presents findings from an innovation research project titled School-In, focusing on school staff's reflection. Teachers in four schools participated in focus group discussions in the beginning and at the end of the innovation. Wackerhausen's theory is used to understand reflection and how it develops in professional learning…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Innovation, Critical Thinking, Reflection
Development of an Intervention Framework for School Improvement That Is Adaptive to Cultural Context
Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín; Hansen, Börkur; Gísladóttir, Berglind – Improving Schools, 2022
The challenge of educational improvement, due mainly to the complexity of educational systems, is well-known. The aim of this study is to provide knowledge regarding the process of change within schools to better understand how it might depend on cultural context and the characteristics of individual schools. Based on interventions in four…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Improvement, Cultural Context, Educational Change
Benoliel, Pascale; Schechter, Chen – Improving Schools, 2017
Research results have provided evidence of the potential contribution that professional learning communities (PLCs) can make to enhance school outcomes. While numerous organizational and cultural aspects of schools have been recognized as key requirements for PLC success, researchers have noted that a teacher's ability to share knowledge in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Principals, Administrator Role
Lund, Lea – Improving Schools, 2020
Research in the field of professional development (PD) stresses the importance of the development of professional learning communities (PLCs) designed to promote the process of inquiry in teaching. PLCs are of great importance with regard to both school improvement and in-service teacher training. This article shows that it is possible to teach…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Reflective Teaching, Inquiry