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Existing research on Professional Learning Networks looks at
experiences in Europe and North America, with very little attention
focused on education systems in the Global South, such as Chile. In
2015 more than 500 School Improvement Networks were created to
support state-funded schools across the country with the idea of
promoting a culture of collaboration. Although schools are expected
to work in networks, they are held to account individually through
high-stakes standardized testing and external inspections.This book
employs the theoretical framework of collaborative inquiry to guide
a mixed method study of fifteen in-depth multi-site case studies
and descriptive statistical analysis of a questionnaire answered by
400 networks. The analysis provides evidence of the depth and
spread of the knowledge and collaborative practices of these
networks. Linking with the literature on Professional Learning
Networks, this study highlights how school improvement networks can
support the professional capital of principals and curriculum
coordinators. The findings of this study are discussed around the
issue of network sustainability, stressing the importance of
network leadership and conditions of system infrastructure to
mobilize network knowledge to schools, increasing the potential
impact of school networks to transform schools' practices. By
providing a unique inquiry, into an under researched part of the
globe in regards to school networks, this book will prove
invaluable for academics and practitioners in the areas of mixed
method research, educational leadership and comparative education.
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