A Little Help from Our Friends: The Benefits and Challenges of Mandatory Teacher Collaboration

Autor/in	Barrett, Jesse Leahn
Titel	A Little Help from Our Friends: The Benefits and Challenges of Mandatory Teacher Collaboration
Quelle	(2017), (120 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of South Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3550-7305-8
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Teacher Collaboration; English Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; English Instruction; Teacher Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Grounded Theory; Interviews; Teaching Experience; Teacher Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; High School Students; Faculty Development; Communities of Practice; Interprofessional Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Lehrerkooperation; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; English langauage lessons; Lehrerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Community
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to explore secondary English teachers' perceptions of the benefits and challenges of professional learning communities (PLCs), with particular focus on what they considered to be characteristics of effective PLCs. Through a qualitative study in grounded theory using individual interviews among a subgroup of ten secondary English teachers, various factors distinguishing successful professional learning communities emerged. Examining what these teachers have learned from personal experience created a better understanding of what high schools can do to improve the effectiveness of teacher collaboration and, consequently, the academic success of high school students. The study determined that there are common factors that help make professional learning communities more successful. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01