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Learning by doing : a handbook for professional learning communities at work / Richard DuFour ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Group work in education--United States.
- Group work in education.
- Team learning approach in education--United States.
- Team learning approach in education.
- Educational leadership--United States.
- Educational leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Solution Tree Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Like the first edition, the second edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs).
- Contents:
- A guide to action for professional learning communities at work
- A clear and compelling purpose
- Creating a focus on learning
- How will we respond when some students don't learn?
- Building the collaborative culture of a professional learning community
- Creating a results orientation in a professional learning community
- Using relevant information to improve results
- Implementing the PLC process districtwide
- Consensus and conflict in a professional learning community
- The complex challenge of creating professional learning communities.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-935249-89-4
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