Value creation in teacher learning networks
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2019
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van Amersfoort, D.
Korenhof, M.
Nijland, F.
de Laat, M.
Vermeulen, M.
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Littlejohn, A.
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Source details - Title: Networked Professional Learning: Emerging and Equitable Discourses for Professional Development, 2019 / Littlejohn, A. (ed./s), Ch.11, pp.187-205
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Research shows that teacher professional learning is most effective when it is characterised by active engagement of teachers, a direct connection to their daily practice, and high levels of collaboration. Increasingly, networked professional learning is promoted to enable teachers to make better use of the potential of their social context and improve the quality of their learning. This chapter explores value creation in teacher learning networks and investigates how value creation is affected by contextual factors. The study was conducted in two projects that aimed to promote and facilitate teachers’ networked professional learning. The findings showed little difference in teachers’ networked learning activity itself, but substantial differences were found in leadership commitment, time, and opportunity for networked learning and voluntary network participation. Overall, the study shows how creating connections between teachers may lead them to redefine their idea of what learning could be like and reframe the value of their peers for learning. Interestingly, the combination of committed leadership and mandatory network involvement appeared to have helped teachers to have positive networked professional learning experiences.
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Copyright 2015