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1 The Professional Learning Community - Corwin
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 . The evolution of the Learning Community in the research literature is explored and an in-depth discussion of the characteristics and impact of the Learning Community on students, teachers, and staff is pro-vided.
into learning organizations that recognize the threats to their survival and the opportunities for their continued growth. Senge described five learning disciplines that must effectively be employed to build a learning organiza-tion: (1) personal mastery, (2) mental models, (3) team learning, (4) building shared vision, and (5) systems thinking.
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