Professional Learning Communities: A Review of the Literature

Situated Learning

Lave, J., & Wenger, E. (1991) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511815355 · Cited by 33,219 · see citing works

Reframing Professional Development Through Understanding Authentic Professional Learning

Webster-Wright, A. (2009) · Review of Educational Research · doi:10.3102/0034654308330970 · Cited by 1,174 · see citing works

Increasing Achievement by Focusing Grade-Level Teams on Improving Classroom Learning: A Prospective, Quasi-Experimental Study of Title I Schools

Saunders, W. M., Goldenberg, C. N., & Gallimore, R. (2009) · American Educational Research Journal · doi:10.3102/0002831209333185 · Cited by 275 · see citing works

The role of a professional learning community in teacher change: a perspective from beliefs and practices

Tam, A. C. F. (2015) · Teachers and Teaching · doi:10.1080/13540602.2014.928122 · Cited by 252 · see citing works

Assessing organizational implementation context in the education sector: confirmatory factor analysis of measures of implementation leadership, climate, and citizenship

Lyon, A. R., Cook, C. R., Brown, E. C., Locke, J., Davis, C., Ehrhart, M., & Aarons, G. A. (2018) · Implementation Science · doi:10.1186/s13012-017-0705-6 · Cited by 199 · see citing works

Direction-setting school leadership practices: a meta-analytical review of evidence about their influence

Sun, J., & Leithwood, K. (2015) · School Effectiveness and School Improvement · doi:10.1080/09243453.2015.1005106 · Cited by 187 · see citing works

Profiling teachers’ continuing professional development and the relation with their beliefs about learning and teaching

de Vries, S., Jansen, E. P. W. A., & van de Grift, W. J. C. M. (2013) · Teaching and Teacher Education · doi:10.1016/j.tate.2013.02.006 · Cited by 175 · see citing works

Data teams for school improvement

Schildkamp, K., Poortman, C. L., & Handelzalts, A. (2016) · School Effectiveness and School Improvement · doi:10.1080/09243453.2015.1056192 · Cited by 171 · see citing works

Facilitating a culture of relational trust in school-based action research: recognising the role of middle leaders

Edwards-Groves, C., Grootenboer, P., & Ronnerman, K. (2016) · Educational Action Research · doi:10.1080/09650792.2015.1131175 · Cited by 111 · see citing works

Data-based decision making for teacher and student learning: a psychological perspective on the role of the teacher

Prenger, R., & Schildkamp, K. (2018) · Educational Psychology · doi:10.1080/01443410.2018.1426834 · Cited by 101 · see citing works

Solving student achievement problems with a data use intervention for teachers

Poortman, C. L., & Schildkamp, K. (2016) · Teaching and Teacher Education · doi:10.1016/j.tate.2016.06.010 · Cited by 95 · see citing works

Sustaining pedagogical change via faculty learning community

Tinnell, T. L., Ralston, P. A. S., Tretter, T. R., & Mills, M. E. (2019) · International Journal of STEM Education · doi:10.1186/s40594-019-0180-5 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

Teacher agency and professional learning communities; what can Learning Rounds in Scotland teach us?

Philpott, C., & Oates, C. (2017) · Professional Development in Education · doi:10.1080/19415257.2016.1180316 · Cited by 84 · see citing works

The effects of a data use intervention on educators’ satisfaction and data literacy

Ebbeler, J., Poortman, C. L., Schildkamp, K., & Pieters, J. M. (2017) · Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability · doi:10.1007/s11092-016-9251-z · Cited by 77 · see citing works

Nested contexts that shape assessment "for" learning: School-based professional learning community and classroom culture

Birenbaum, M., Kimron, H., & Shilton, H. (2011) · Studies in Educational Evaluation · doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2011.04.001 · Cited by 66 · see citing works

Successful components of school improvement in culturally diverse schools

Hajisoteriou, C., Karousiou, C., & Angelides, P. (2018) · School Effectiveness and School Improvement · doi:10.1080/09243453.2017.1385490 · Cited by 60 · see citing works

Faculty online learning communities: A model for sustained teaching transformation

Dancy, M., Lau, A. C., Rundquist, A., & Henderson, C. (2019) · Physical Review Physics Education Research · doi:10.1103/physrevphyseducres.15.020147 · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Effects of a data use intervention on educators’ use of knowledge and skills

Ebbeler, J., Poortman, C. L., Schildkamp, K., & Pieters, J. M. (2016) · Studies in Educational Evaluation · doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2015.11.002 · Cited by 53 · see citing works

‘We’re keeping on top of the students’: making sense of test data with more informal data in a grade-level instructional team

Wardrip, P. S., & Herman, P. (2018) · Teacher Development · doi:10.1080/13664530.2017.1308428 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Expansive Learning in Inter-Institutional Communities of Practice for Teacher Educators and Policymakers

Guberman, A., Avidov-Ungar, O., Dahan, O., & Serlin, R. (2021) · Frontiers in Education · doi:10.3389/feduc.2021.533941 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Leadership and change in a Norwegian school context: Tensions as productive driving forces

Vennebo, K. F., & Aas, M. (2022) · Educational Management Administration & Leadership · doi:10.1177/1741143220962102 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Computing Education Research Today

Fincher, S. A., Tenenberg, J., Dorn, B., Hundhausen, C., McCartney, R., & Murphy, L. (2019) · The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research · doi:10.1017/9781108654555.003 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Professional Learning Community as a Site for Addressing Emotional Tensions: Contributions to Language Teacher Identity (Re)construction

Nazari, M., Keshvari, Z., & Hu, G. (2025) · British Journal of Educational Studies · doi:10.1080/00071005.2025.2481838 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

AI-enhanced professional learning communities: a new era of personalized teacher education

Arefian, M. H. (2026) · Cogent Education · doi:10.1080/2331186x.2026.2626629 · Cited by 5 · see citing works