ERIC Number: EJ1310700
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6297
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Utilizing School-Based, Professional Learning Communities to Enhance Physical Education Programs and Facilitate Systems Change (Part 2)
Beddoes, Zack; Prusak, Keven; Beighle, Aaron; Pennington, Todd
Quest, v73 n3 p294-305 2021
Systems change literacy includes the willingness and ability to engage in collective action within and among system components, guided by long-term plans and measured by short-term, achievable "small wins." While potentially perceived as too "high level" or abstract, it can be helpful to consider that collective action occurs within three units of analysis: (a) people; (b) organizations; and, (c) cross-sector partnerships. Collective action formations are place-based and context-dependent. Professional learning communities (PLCs) can be structured accordingly and potentially utilized for planning and action-oriented advocacy at the district and school levels. This paper represents a theoretical analysis of an action-oriented, structured framework for guiding local advocacy within school-based PLCs. The herein proposed Advocacy Model delineates collective action toward policy change or social promotion as dual functions of effective advocacy. Additionally, six action items for local advocacy are considered within a structured, school-based PLC. [For Part 1, see EJ1310702.]
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Systems Approach, Change Strategies, Long Range Planning, Cooperative Planning, Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Advocacy, Public Policy, Educational Quality, Student Evaluation, Trust (Psychology), Educational Administration, Teamwork, Teacher Educators
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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