Professional Learning Communities
Divergence, Depth And Dilemmas
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2007
231 pages
978-0-335-23025-9 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on research, this book offers a deeper understanding of topics such as distributed leadership, dialogue, organisational memory, trust, self-assessment and inquiry, and purpose linked to learning.
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Louise Stoll | Karen Seashore Louis
Professional Learning Communities: Divergence, Depth and Dilemmas
Divergence, Depth and Dilemmas
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03/2007
Open University Press
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copy right
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of contributors
- Series editors' preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Professional learning communities: elaborating new approaches
- Part 1: Divergence
- Chapter 2 The involvement of support staff in professional learning communities
- Chapter 3 Extending the learning community: a broader perspective embedded in policy
- Chapter 4 From professional learning community to networked learning community
- Chapter 5 Beyond borders: can international networks deepen professional learning community?
- Part 2 Depth
- Chapter 6 'Normalizing' problems of practice: converting routine conversation into a resource for learning in professional communities
- Chapter 7 How leaders use artifacts to structure professional community in schools
- Chapter 8 Developing collective understanding over time: reflections on building professional community
- Chapter 9 Using assessment tools as frames for dialogue to create and sustain professional learning communities
- Chapter 10 Transforming practice from within: the power of the professional learning community
- Part 3 Dilemmas
- Chapter 11 Building professional learning communities in high schools: challenges and promising practices
- Chapter 12 Building social capital in professional learning communities: importance, challenges and a way forward
- Chapter 13 Sustainable professional learning communities
- Part 4 Afterword
- Chapter 14 Professional learning communities: a reflection
- Index
- Back cover
