Developing a model for a self-study professional learning community

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60251

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Hoban, G. F., McLean, P. D., Nielsen, W. S., Berry, A., Brown, C. A., Brown, G. L., Butterfield, B., Forrester, P. A., Kervin, L. K., Mantei, J., Trezise, J. M., Rossetto, L. C. & Verenikina, I. (2012). Developing a model for a self-study professional learning community. In S. M. Bullock & T. Russell (Eds.), Self-Studies of Science Teacher Education Practices (pp. 175-192). Dordrecht: Springer.

Abstract

Although the term self-study may suggest an individual teacher educator studying his or her own practice, most self-studies involve pairs or small groups of teacher educators working together in what is often called collaborative self-study. An extension of an informal collaboration is to formalize self-study as professional learning for teacher educators. This means that a group of teacher educators and other academics can study their practices over an extended period of time and share experiences as a community. This chapter identifies and explains the nature of a professional learning framework that underpins a group of academics becoming a self-study community. The framework is developed from previous research with teachers in schools and is adapted for self-study of academic teaching practices. The framework is based on the dynamic interaction of three professional learning influences: (1) content, (2) process, and (3) conditions that support such a community. Development of the framework is based on the progress of a group of ten academics, mostly teacher educators, over a 12-month period. Refinement of the framework is supported by case studies of the experiences of two of the participants in the self-study community.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3904-8