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Zhang, Jia; Yuan, Rui – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
This mixed-method study explored the influences of professional learning communities (PLCs) on teachers' job satisfaction in China. A questionnaire survey was administered to 488 teachers in 16 primary schools in Shanghai to examine the effect of PLCs on teachers' job satisfaction. Follow-up qualitative interviews with 10 teachers were conducted…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Teacher Surveys
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Song, Kyoung-Oh; Choi, Jinyoung – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2017
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are an important strategy for innovation in schools, and they are receiving considerable attention from scholars and educators alike. The present study aimed to examine the effect of PLCs on schools' effectiveness and to investigate the social, organizational, and structural factors that can promote these…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Structural Equation Models
Mathews, Tracy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative correlation survey study investigated the relationship between teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of school principals as instructional leaders in professional learning communities (PLCs) and self-efficacy beliefs of teachers. Social Cognitive Theory, self-efficacy concept, and Adult Learning Theory were at the core of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Efficacy, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness