Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building for sustainable improvement¶
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Evidence · 1 study · reviewr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building for sustainable improvement. → Stoll 2006
Evidence¶
Stoll 2006¶
Stoll, L., Bolam, R., McMahon, A., Wallace, M., & Thomas, S. (2006). Professional Learning Communities: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Educational Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-006-0001-8
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The review's synthesis concludes that "Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building." The claim is hedged by the review itself and no effect size is printed in the available text.
"Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building for sustainable improvement. As such, it has become a 'hot topic' in many countries."
Discussion¶
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Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building for sustainable improvement |
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Developing professional learning communities appears to hold considerable promise for capacity building for sustainable improvement |
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