Learning Communities

Question 1

Macbeath (2008) describes a learning community as …..

Answer 1

….. a place where pupil learning is inseparable from professional learning.
Learning flows across the boundaries of role and status.

Question 2

Macbeath (2008) a leadership team for learning believes in ….

Answer 2

1. everyone is a learner
2. In social, emotional and cognitive processes
3. Believes people learn in different ways
4. capacity comes from powerful learning experiences
5. In creating opportunities to exercise leadership

Question 3

4 Cultural Norms in an organisation that is a learning community

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Answer 3

1. Collaborative community (action research is a great example)
2. Problem solving and seeking
3. Acceptance of risk and experimentation (allows making mistakes)
4. Feedback for learning (team teaching, peer coaching)

Question 4

Bezzina (2002) explains

Answer 4

How to move teachers from isolation to a supportive community …….1. Observing students

2. Sharing teaching strategies
3. trying new ways of teaching and getting feedback
4. redesigning curriculums

Question 5

Leading learning communities …

Answer 5

1. A key focus is when leaders become passionate about making the careers of other people happen.
2. Promote a strong sense of shared vision for the future
3. Be seen to be learning with everyone else
4. Share and distribute leadership