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    Learning community practices from other professions offer lessons

    By Learning Forward
    June 2012
    Vol. 33 No. 3
    On Board The concept of learning communities is at the core of effective professional learning. Learning communities provide the structure for ongoing collaboration, set the stage for deep inquiry and problem solving, and promote collective responsibility and goal alignment among educators. Learning Forward promotes the Learning Communities standard as one of the essential conditions for increasing educator effectiveness and results for all students. As I reflected on the importance of learning communities in supporting continuous improvement and system change, I thought about how these same principles and beliefs are embedded in the work of other professions and in other sectors. Lee Shulman — best known for research and insights on pedagogical content knowledge — has written about “signature pedagogies” and how they have developed across

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    Authors

    Kenneth Salim

    Kenneth Salim is president of Learning Forward’s board of trustees.

    References

    Shulman, L.S. (2005, Summer). Signature pedagogies in the professions. Daedalus, 134(3), 52-59.


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