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

Tam, Angela Choi Fung·2015·Teachers and Teaching

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This longitudinal study aimed to examine the role of a professional learning community (PLC) in changing teachers’ beliefs and practices. Teachers of a Chinese department in a Hong Kong secondary school were interviewed and observed. The findings indicate that the features of a PLC-facilitating teacher change are development of a coherent structure, a collaborative culture, and effective learning activities. These help teachers to overcome initial difficulties and induce their motivation for transformation. Teacher change in five dimensions (curriculum, teaching, learning, roles of teachers, and learning to teach) and three patterns (change in practice but not in belief, change in belief but not in practice, change in practice and belief) were detected. It is argued that cultivating an effective PLC is significant to teacher development.

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Authors: Tam, A. C. F.
Affiliations: Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author: Tam, Angela Choi Fung
ORCID: Tam, Angela Choi Fung
Venue: Teachers and Teaching
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2014-07-31
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Pages: 22-43
ISSN: 1354-0602 (ISSN-L)
1470-1278
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2014.928122
OpenAlex: W2013041993
Cited by: 252
References: 78
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 9
FWCI: 56.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Teachers and Teaching (publishedVersion)
Hong Kong Education Bibliographic Database (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
Keywords: professional learning communities, teacher change, teacher beliefs, teaching practice, teacher professional development, collaborative culture, coherent structures, learning activities, teacher role, learning to teach, curriculum change, secondary school teachers, Hong Kong

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