ERIC Number: EJ1038573
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Dec
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Supporting the Implementation of Curriculum Reform through Learning Communities and Communities of Practice
Defise, Rosette
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v43 n4 p473-479 Dec 2013
This article looks at the role that teacher training can play in implementing curriculum reform, specifically in studies conducted in French-speaking Africa by researchers at the UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development. After reviewing the effects that reform has on the school as an organization, it establishes a link between the concept of change and the notions of "communities of practice" and "learning communities". As any change in organizations depends on human resources, the article describes how teacher training can enable teachers to develop such communities, as an effective strategy for implementing certain aspects of curriculum reform. It also outlines the importance of training that focuses on class management and the ways that such communities can empower teachers. Finally, it shows how a learning community that developed in one class extended throughout a school.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Program Implementation, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Leadership, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, African Studies, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa
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