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BRIAN EIGELBACH
EDUC 8101: HOW ADULTS LEARN:
THEORY AND RESEARCH
FEBRUARY , 2013
DR. MARILYN WELLS
Professional Learning Community
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The goal of a Professional Learning Community is to create
a collaborative culture in the school focused on learning in
order to increase student achievement .
(Feger & Arruda, 2008; Muirhead, 2009;
Lieberman & Miller, 2011)
Professional Learning Community
THE FOCUS IS ON LEARNING
THERE IS A COLLABORATIVE
CULTURE
PLCS ARE RESULTS
FOCUSED
The Big Ideas of Professional
Learning Organizations.
• WENGER’S THEORY OF SITUATED
LEARNING.
VYGOTSKY’S–SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Theories that ground Professional Learning
Communities
SITUATED THEORY ANALYZES LEARNING AND THE SOCIAL
SITUATION IN WHICH IT OCCURS.
Situated Theory
CONSTRUCTIVISM
CONSTRUCTIVISM IS A THEORY OF LEARNING IN WHICH THE LEARNER
CREATES KNOWLEDGE.
Piaget’s Cognitive Constructivism
PIAGET CONTRIBUTED THE CONCEPTS OF ASSIMILATION AND ACCOMMODATION TO LEARNING.
VYGOTSKY MADE LEARNING A SOCIAL ACTIVITY THAT RELIED ON
CONTEXT AND CULTURE.
Vygotsky’s Social Constructivism
Nicolaus Copernicus1473 – 1543
Constructivism at
its finest.
Constructivism Example
• LEADERSHIP IS SUPPORTIVE AND SHARED
THERE IS SHARED VISION AND VALUES .
SHARED PRACTICE.
CONDITIONS SUPPORTIVE OF A LEARNING
COMMUNITY
COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY
Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
LEADERSHIP IS SUPPORTIVE AND
SHARED
“ … R E T H I N K I N G T R A D I T I O N A L P A T T E R N S O F
L E A D E R S H I P A N D I N T E R A C T I O N W I L L R E S U L T I N
L O N G - T E R M S K I L L S T H A T P R O D U C E A
L E A R N I N G C O M M U N I T Y . ” P E T E R S E N G E
( N E W C O M B , 2 0 0 3 , ¶ 9 )
Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
THERE IS SHARED VISION AND
VALUES.
“ONLY BY CHANGING HOW WE INTERACT CAN
SHARED VISIONS…BE ESTABLISHED.” PETER
SENGE (NEWCOMB, 2003, ¶ 9)
Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
SHARED PRACTICE.
BY SHARING THEIR PRACTICES, THE STAFF
OPEN THEMSELVES UP TO REVIEW BY THEIR
PEERS ( HORD , 2003).
Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
CONDITIONS SUPPORTIVE OF A
LEARNING COMMUNITY
“ … THE MOST AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS CAN
DO IS PROVIDE TOOLS AND METHODS AND
SETTINGS IN WHICH CHILDREN CANBECOME
BETTER AT THINKING THINGS THROUGH AND
CONSTRUCTING THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING.”
PETER SENGE (NEWCOMB, 2003, ¶ 9)
Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
• COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY
Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
I N R E V I E W , A P R O F E S S I O N A L L E A R N I N G C O M M U N I T Y :
• I S B A S E D O N T H E I D E A T H A T E D U C A T O R S C A N L E A R N F R O M E A C H O T H E R .
• R E Q U I R E S C O L L A B O R A T I O N .
• C O N S T R U C T S A N D S H A R E S N E W K N O W L E D G E W I T H I N T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L G R O U P .
• I S R E S U L T S F O C U S E D .
• I S A G R O U P O F M E M B E R S W I T H A S H A R E D P R A C T I C E A N D T H E G O A L O F I M P R O V I N G S T U D E N T A C H I E V E M E N T .
Review: Professional Learning Community
T H E G O A L S O F T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L L E A R N I N G C O M M U N I T Y I N C L U D E :
• T H E C R E A T I O N O F A C U L T U R E O F C O L L A B O R A T I V E E D U C A T O R S W H O L E A R N F R O M E A C H O T H E R .
• A F O C U S O N L E A R N I N G W I T H I N T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L G R O U P .
• I N C R E A S I N G S T U D E N T A C H I E V E M E N T .
Review: The Purpose and Goals of a Professional Learning Community
C O N S T R U C T I V I S M I S :
• A N E P I S T E M O L O G Y O R T H E S T U D Y O F K N O W L E D G E A N D H O W L E A R N I N G O C C U R S .
• A T H E O R Y T H A T I S S I T U A T I O N / C O N T E X T D E P E N D E N T .
• T H E C R E A T I O N O F K N O W L E D G E T H R O U G H I N T E R A C T I O N W I T H E A C H O T H E R .
• T H E C R E A T I O N O F M E A N I N G T H R O U G H I N T E R A C T I O N W I T H T H E E N V I R O N M E N T .
• C O N S T R U C T I O N O F S T O R A B L E K N O W L E D G E T H A T R E L I E S O N L A N G U A G E A S A S O C I A L A R T I F A C T .
Review: What is Constructivism
C O N S T R U C T I V I S T T H E O R Y I S E V I D E N T I N P R O F E S S I O N A L L E A R N I N G C O M M U N I T I E S I N T H A T :
• P L C S A R E B U I L T O N T H E I D E A T H A T A G R O U P O F P R O F E S S I O N A L S C A N C O M E T O G E T H E R T O L E A R N F R O M E A C H O T H E R .
• P L C S A R E D E P E N D E N T U P O N C O N T E X T U A L , E N V I R O N M E N T A L A N D I N D I V I D U A L I N T E R A C T I O N .
• P L C S A R E D E P E N D E N T O N C U L T U R E , I N T H I S C A S E A C O L L A B O R A T I V E C U L T U R E .
• P L C S D O N O T J U S T C O N S T R U C T K N O W L E D G E , T H E Y S O C I A L L Y C O - C O N S T R U C T K N O W L E D G E .
Review: How the Professional Learning Community Demonstrates Constructivist
Theory.
Suggested application of constructivism through PLCs
References