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Relationships between Policy, Teachers' Values and Professional Capital in Teacher Collaboration in Hierarchical Chinese Societies
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Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2022
Purpose: Both Hong Kong and Singapore leverage teacher collaboration to improve student learning, but state reforms differ in how teacher collaborative capabilities are prioritized. This paper provides a nuanced comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore teachers' values (risk-taking, power distance and uncertainty avoidance) to develop insights into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Values, Teacher Attitudes
Transformational Change in Instruction with Professional Learning Communities? The Influence of Teacher Cultural Disposition in High Power Distance Contexts
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Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin; Lee, Wing On – Journal of Educational Change, 2018
This mixed-methods study employed Hargreaves and Fullan's (Professional capital: transforming teaching in every school, Teachers College Press, New York, 2012) concept of professional capital to re-examine whether professional learning communities (PLCs) transformed instructional practices in contexts that endorse hierarchical cultures. PLCs that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Communities of Practice, Transformative Learning, Educational Practices
Singapore Schools and Professional Learning Communities: Teacher Professional Development and School Leadership in an Asian Hierarchical System
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Hairon, Salleh; Dimmock, Clive – Educational Review, 2012
While the literature on professional learning communities (PLCs) has proliferated, much of it derived from and contextualised in Anglo-American settings, the concept and practice of PLCs in Asian contexts of strong hierarchies have largely been ignored. Based on literature and documentary analysis, this paper investigates the systemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership, Communities of Practice