Results of the Project
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All about our Goals
Overview
- Literature Review on Leading and Facilitating Professional Learning Communities
- Focus Group Interviews on Leading and Facilitating Professional Learning Communities
Literature Review
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on Leading and Facilitating Professional Learning Communities
The aim of the following synopsis is to systematize specific empirical experiences and conceptual ideas that are being discussed in the international discourse, mainly in European countries. We offer these insights to show how the concept of PLCs is laid out and particularly moderation, leadership or guidance of PLCs should be designed so that an exchange among PLC-members takes plane that promotes learning and development and a reflective approach to the challenges of school practice which leads to innovation in school.
On the basis of reviews of selected papers from several discourses an international overview of conceptual ideas on the field of “leading and facilitating PLCs for inquiry & reflection” is put together. You find Edition 1 of the six review papers from:
International – English
Spain – English
Spain – Spanish
Norway – English
Norway – Norwegian
Greece – English
Greece – Greek
Germany, Austria, Switzerland – English
Germany, Austria, Switzerland – German
Further European conutries – English
Further European countries – German
Focus Group Interviews
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on Leading and Facilitating Professional Learning Communities
The aim of the following reports is to provide a comprehensive overview of empirical experiences and conceptual insights related to leading and facilitating Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Our analysis explores challenges and needs in PLC moderation, leadership, and facilitation that encourage reflective dialogue and learning among members, leading to school innovation. Based on focus group interviews with educational staff and student teachers from Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Norway, and Spain, the insights are compiled in our International Report. You can access this report, along with the corresponding national reports, below:
