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Holding the Reigns to Demonstrate the Key Features of a Teacher Learning Community in a South African School

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

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Title Holding the Reigns to Demonstrate the Key Features of a Teacher Learning Community in a South African School
 
Creator Steyn, GM
 
Description Recent models of professional development of teachers focus on schools as teacher learning communities. This study is an attempt to investigate the vision of a principal and the way in which his actions brought about a teacher learning community in his school. A qualitative research design was gauged as most appropriate to illustrate the experiences of a school principal in creating and developing a collaborative learning environment for teachers in a South African primary school. Data were analysed using the six key features of a teacher learning community: leadership; focus and purpose; collaboration; relationships; inquiry; and support and building capacity. Although this study provides a basis for developing a teacher learning community, it requires contextualisation to meet a school’s specific needs and challenges.
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p1331
 
Publisher Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
 
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Date 2014-11-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier https://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/4664
 
Source Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences; Vol 5, No 23 (2014): November 2014; 1331
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/4664/4525
 
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