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Innovating Teaching Practice Through Professional Learning Communities: Determining Knowledge Sharing And Program Value, Andrew M. Clark, Monica Zhan, Justin T. Dellinger, Peggy Semingson
Innovating Teaching Practice Through Professional Learning Communities: Determining Knowledge Sharing And Program Value, Andrew M. Clark, Monica Zhan, Justin T. Dellinger, Peggy Semingson
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The Professional Learning Community (PLC) model has been used to help faculty develop innovative teaching practices and diffuse effective strategies and resources throughout K-12 schools. Yet, whether and how PLCs influence research-focused higher education institutions remain unknown. Drawing on existing research on PLCs and the social network theory, this mixed-methods study investigated how participants shared what they learned during their time in the program to build greater capacity and the perceived benefits and weaknesses of the PLC model. We conducted semi-structured interviews (n�=�8) and a survey (n'�='�77) among current PLC fellows and alumni at a large research university. The results …