Teachers’ Professional Community in Restructuring Schools

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Title

Teachers’ Professional Community in Restructuring Schools

Abstract/Description

Professional community among teachers, the subject of a number of recent major studies, is regarded as an ingredient that may contribute to the improvement of schools. The research reported in this article is grounded in the assumption that how teachers interact with each other outside of their classrooms may be critical to the effects of restructuring on students. The analysis focuses on the type of professional community that occurs within a school and investigates both the organizational factors that facilitate its development and its consequences for teachers? sense of responsibility for student learning. The findings suggest that wide variation in professional community exists between schools, much of which is attributable to both structural features and human resources characteristics, as well as school level. Implications for current school reform efforts are discussed.

Author/creator

Louis, Karen Seashore

Marks, Helen M.

Kruse, Sharon

Date

1996

In publication

American Educational Research Journal

Volume

33

Issue

4

Pages

757-798

Language

en

ISSN

0002-8312

DOI

10.3102/00028312033004757

URL

https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312033004757

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OB Citations - Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Improvement Networks

OB Citations: Teacher Collaboration in School Improvement

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