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Toward Communal Negotiation of Meaning in Schools: Principals' Perceptions of Collective Learning from Success
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Schechter, Chen – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background: In light of the growing complexity of schoolwork, it is important that faculty members move away from isolated learning toward a more collective type of thinking regarding teaching and learning issues. Purpose: Whereas collective learning has mostly been approached from a deficit-based orientation (finding/solving problems and…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Practices
The Professional Learning Community as Perceived by Israeli School Superintendents, Principals and Teachers
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Schechter, Chen – International Review of Education, 2012
A professional learning community (PLC) facilitates collaborative learning among colleagues at all levels in their common working environment. PLCs are particularly useful in schools, with teachers and principals meeting regularly to solve problems relating to teaching and learning. Being a means of improving student achievement, PLCs have…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Teaching Methods, Leadership, Principals
Learning from Success: Exploring the Sustainability of a Collaborative Learning Initiative
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Schechter, Chen; Ganon, Sherry – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: In light of limited sustainability of past collaborative-learning-centered initiatives over time, the purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants considered by both teachers and principals to influence the sustainability of a collective-learning-from-success (CLS) initiative in 12 urban elementary schools.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, Administrator Attitudes