Teachers Leading Educational Reform - 9781138641068

Taylor & Francis

Teachers Leading Educational ReformThe Power of Professional Learning Communities\nAuthor(s): Alma Harris, Michelle Jones, Jane B. Huffman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138641068, 978-1138641068\nSynopsis\nTeachers Leading Educational Reform explores the ways in which teachers across the world are currently working together in professional learning communities (PLCs) to generate meaningful change and innovation in order to transform pedagogy and practice. By discussing how teachers can work collectively and collaboratively on the issues of learning and teaching that matter to them, it argues that through collective action and collaborative agency, teachers are leading educational reform. By offering contemporary examples and perspectives on the practice, impact and sustainability of PLCs, this book takes a global, comparative view showing categorically that those educational systems that are performing well,.