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Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin; Ip, Noelle Kwok Kwan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
This paper examines the influence of professional learning communities (PLCs) on informal teacher leadership in Hong Kong schools to overcome issues reported in the literature on the challenges to teacher leadership posed by Chinese hierarchical school contexts. We test the relations among PLC, informal teacher leadership, teacher focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Teacher Leadership, Barriers
Wan, Sally Wai-Yan – ECNU Review of Education, 2020
Purpose: This exploratory study investigates the relationship between teachers' perceptions of professional learning communities (PLCs) and their differentiated instruction (DI) practice in a Hong Kong primary education context. Design/Approach/Methods: Three subsidized primary schools participated in the study. A total of 121 teachers completed…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Development
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Chow, Alice W. K. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: Teacher learning communities (TLCs) formed within subject departments are conceptualized as reform platform for facilitating school improvement and teacher development. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which three TLCs were structured and managed for generating change capability in secondary schools in Hong Kong.…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Departments, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Law, Edmond H. F. – School Leadership & Management, 2011
In recent years international trends towards teacher empowerment and leadership have gained increased attraction in East Asia's education policy and practice. Yet, as scholars have noted, the values underlying these practices often conflict with traditional cultural norms of East Asian societies which stress hierarchical and status differences.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Teacher Empowerment, Curriculum Development, Team Training