Private school reform through learning community: Evidence from Muhammadiyah School

Abstract

Private schools are facing a dilemma. Schools must continue to look for students to maintain their income as well as improving education’s quality, both of which required hard work. This article focuses on how private schools improve the quality of their learning through teacher learning communities on Lesson Study through the SWOT analysis. A qualitative method was used to explore schools’ reformation through teachers’ learning communities within junior high private schools. The results showed that the Lesson Study provided positive changes for both teachers and school development following the relationship building of trust and openness principle. Learning communities that have been formed with the Lesson Study principles provided changes not only in the learning-based process but also in schools’ development. The reformation of private class to the public sphere affects schools’ reformation.