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- Professional Learning Communities: Key Themes from the Literature
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- The Education Alliance at Brown University, working in partnership with Hezel Associates, produced this literature review on professional learning communities to serve as a resource to the PBS Peer Connections Design Team. The Education Alliance scanned and synthesized key themes from the literature on PLCs to leverage findings that could be used to guide the Peer Connections Design Team in integrating technology for online professional development. Examination of the education research literature on PLCs revealed a broad range, type, and history of published articles and studies. Similarly, the literature from practitioner publications, while noting a research basis for the implementation of PLCs, focused mainly on accounts of the processes and stages that occur along their developmental path. Given that the research-to-practice link has become central to demonstrating the effectiveness of education programs, further research is recommended by many of the studies in this review. In addition, development of tools and resources for strengthening and supporting PLCs is clearly needed. Based on the literature consulted, recommendations for research and development are proposed. Published 2008 by The Education Alliance at Brown University. Author(s): Stephanie Feger and Elise Arruda
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- 2008
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- Education Alliance
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- Professional Learning Communities
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- reports
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- 10.26300/amtk-kn20