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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES: DIVERGENCE, DEPTH AND DILEMMAS
DIVERGENCE, DEPTH AND DILEMMAS |
| By: |
Louise Stoll, Louis Karen Seashore |
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Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0335220312 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780335220311 |
| Publisher: |
OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2007 |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
Talks about perceptions and understanding of professional learning communities, as well as highlights frequently neglected complexities and challenges. This book offers an understanding of topics such as distributed leadership, dialogue, organisational memory, trust, self-assessment and inquiry, and purpose linked to learning. |
| Synopsis: |
What is a professional learning community? What are the key challenges facing these communities and how might they be resolved? Is it time to extend our thinking about professional learning communities? There is great interest internationally in the potential of professional learning communities for enhancing educational reform efforts and sustaining improvement. This international collection expands perceptions and understanding of professional learning communities, as well as highlighting frequently neglected complexities and challenges. Drawing on research, each chapter offers a deeper understanding of topics such as distributed leadership, dialogue, organisational memory, trust, self-assessment and inquiry, and purpose linked to learning. The last section of the book focuses upon three of the most challenging dilemmas that face developing professional learning communities - developing professional learning communities in secondary school, building social capital, and sustaining professional learning communities. The authors provide pointers on why these challenges exist, offering rays of hope for ways forward."Professional Learning Communities" is key international reading for education professionals, school practitioners, policymakers, academics and research students. It is a must-read for anyone interested in building capacity for sustainable learning and the ability to harness your community as a resource for change. |
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Illustrations |
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UK |
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Open University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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