Professional Learning Communities Divergence Depth and Dilemmas 1st Edition by Louise Stoll ISBN 0335220304 9780335220304

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ISBN 10:    0335220304
ISBN 13: 978-0335220304
Author:  Louise Stoll

“All who are interested and concerned about educational reform and the improvement of schools will find this book a must read. It stimulates, it challenges, and it informs, such that the reader is most surely enriched by its plenitude.”
Dr Shirley Hord, Scholar Emerita

“At last we have a book of international cases to add to the literature on networks! Policymakers and practitioners alike will find the reasons why networks are fast becoming the reform organizations of choice. The book elevates network understanding to a new level.”
Ann Lieberman, Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

• 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.

Professional Learning Communities Divergence Depth and Dilemmas 1st  Table of contents:

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 fo

Chapter 7 How leaders use artifacts to structure professional community in schools

Chapter 8 Developing collective understanding over time: reflections on building professional commun

Chapter 9 Using assessment tools as frames for dialogue to create and sustain professional learning

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 prac

Chapter 12 Building social capital in professional learning communities: importance, challenges and

Chapter 13 Sustainable professional learning communities

Part 4 Afterword

Chapter 14 Professional learning communities: a reflection

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