The evidence base is dominated by US studies and quantitative designs, with sample sizes ranging from one teacher to 53 schools and 1,323 teachers¶

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q2 i? Of the 51 included studies, 30 were conducted in the United States, 23 used quantitative designs, 18 mixed methods, and 10 qualitative designs; sample sizes ranged from one teacher to 53 schools and 1,323 teachers. → Coppe 2026

Evidence¶

Coppe 2026¶

Coppe, T., Thomas, L., Strijbos, J.-W., & Vanderlinde, R. (2026). The connection between the social network perspective and teacher professional development: A systematic literature review. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2026.100818

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Descriptive overview of the 51 included studies. "The majority of the studies (30 out of 51) were conducted in the United States"; Belgium followed with nine studies. Quantitative designs were most common (23 studies), followed by mixed methods (18) and qualitative (10). Sample sizes "varied from one teacher (Anderson, 2010) to large samples, including, for example, 53 schools and 1323 teachers (Kaul et al., 2021)".

"The majority of the studies (30 out of 51) were conducted in the United States"

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