TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing teachers' collective learning
T2 - Collective learning from success as perceived by three echelons in the school system
AU - Schechter, Chen
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - As both researchers and school faculty members explore ways to develop collective learning in schools, this qualitative, topic-oriented study examines teacher leaders', principals', and superintendents' perceptions about the notion of teachers' collective learning from their successful practices. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 65 teacher leaders and their respective principals (65) and superintendents (61). Generating themes was an inductive process, grounded in the various perspectives articulated by participants. Participants argued that in contrast to collective learning processes to solve problems and overcome failures, collective learning from teachers' successful practices requires a deliberate and conscious shift in mental models with regard to collaborative learning in schools. This study sheds light as to whether this collective learning process can nurture teachers' interactive professionalism.
AB - As both researchers and school faculty members explore ways to develop collective learning in schools, this qualitative, topic-oriented study examines teacher leaders', principals', and superintendents' perceptions about the notion of teachers' collective learning from their successful practices. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 65 teacher leaders and their respective principals (65) and superintendents (61). Generating themes was an inductive process, grounded in the various perspectives articulated by participants. Participants argued that in contrast to collective learning processes to solve problems and overcome failures, collective learning from teachers' successful practices requires a deliberate and conscious shift in mental models with regard to collaborative learning in schools. This study sheds light as to whether this collective learning process can nurture teachers' interactive professionalism.
KW - Collective learning
KW - Learning from success
KW - Professional development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870335859&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijer.2012.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ijer.2012.06.005
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SN - 0883-0355
VL - 56
SP - 60
EP - 74
JO - International Journal of Educational Research
JF - International Journal of Educational Research
ER -