Transcription of 1 The Professional Learning Community
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The Professional Learning CommunityAn OverviewPreVieW oF the chaPterToday, a great deal is known about what leads to school improvement and about the change process in schools. In the current literature, there is exten-sive discussion of the Learning Community as an effective model for foster-ing school improvement and general consensus about high-quality Learning activities as essential factors in the improvement of teaching and Learning . This chapter provides the theoretical basis for an understanding of the learn-ing Community as a metaphor for schools and the rationale for the strategies that lead to schools characterized by collaboration, shared leadership, and ongoing Learning .
munity characteristics have become embedded in the culture of this school? defining learning community The term learning community has taken on a variety of meanings in the lit-erature. In Improving Schools From Within, Roland Barth (1990) described a com-munity of learners as “a place where students and adults alike are engaged as
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