Abstract
Teacher professional development (PD) has been claimed to be the foundation for transforming school culture. Any PD activity with a human infrastructure that is composed of teachers, researchers, and policy makers who together form a professional learning community (PLC) situated in a local school must incorporate the team’s appreciation of collective efficacy and sense of community in the learning environment. A PLC must exemplify the concept of ongoing collaborative experiential learning through experimentation and reflection on emerging practices. It is expected, therefore, that with everyone's active involvement in the support structure, teachers' PD will be positively impacted and reflected in approaches to professional development. Fundamental to the adult learning environment is the process of collaborative inquiry where participants critically reflect on their own experiences. The process of collaborative inquiry encapsulates the notion that as teachers are regarded as lifelong learners, they need to gather insights from their experiences with the support of their colleagues to ensure that their learning process contributes to the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning outcomes. Collaborative inquiry captures the idea of co-learning PD where professional knowledge and skills are acquired and sustained in an authentic teaching environment that aims to foster sustainable changes in teaching practices. Grounded in the principles of adult learning, this article presents a methodological perspective on how educational institutions can form a professional learning community within the school context where problems from past experiences are critically examined and serve as a foundation to professionally reflect, think, and act.Il a ete affirme que le developpement professionnel des enseignants est la base de la transformation de la culture scolaire. Toute activite liee au developpement professionnel ayant une infrastructure humaine composee d’enseignants, de chercheurs et de decideurs qui forment une communaute d’apprentissage professionnelle (CAP) dans une ecole locale doit incorporer l’appreciation de l’equipe pour l’efficacite collective et le sentiment de communaute dans le milieu d’apprentissage. Une CAP doit illustrer, par l’experimentation et la reflexion sur les pratiques emergentes, le concept de l’apprentissage experientiel collaboratif et continu. On s’attend alors que l’implication active de tout le monde dans la structure de soutien aura un impact positif sur le developpement professionnel des enseignants et sur les approches a ce cheminement.Le processus d’enquete collaborative ou les participants se livrent a une reflexion critique sur leurs propres experiences constitue un element fondamental du milieu de l’education des adultes. L’enquete en collaboration resume la notion qu’en tant qu’apprenants a vie, les enseignants se doivent de recueillir des connaissances de leurs experiences avec l’appui de leurs collegues et pour s’assurer que leur cheminement contribue a l’amelioration de la qualite de l’enseignement et des resultats d’apprentissage. L’enquete collaborative englobe l’idee du co-apprentissage dans le contexte du developpement professionnel au cours duquel des connaissances et des habiletes professionnelles sont acquises et maintenues dans un milieu pedagogique authentique qui vise la promotion de changements durables dans la pratique enseignante. Fondee sur les principes de la formation des adultes, cet article presente une perspective methodologique sur la formation, par les etablissements d’enseignement, d’une communaute d’apprentissage professionnelle dans un milieu scolaire ou les experiences du passe font l’objet d’un examen critique et servent de base a des reflexions et des actions professionnelles.Mots cles : developpement professionnel, formation en cours d’emploi, perfectionnement professionnel, collaboration
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