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ERIC Number: EJ1354365
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1386-4416
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1820
Contradictions and Their Manifestations in Professional Learning Communities in Mathematics
Harvey, Frida; Nilsson, Per
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, v25 n6 p697-723 Dec 2022
Professional learning communities (PLC) have increasingly attracted attention in research on teachers' professional development. The aim of this study is to identify contradictions that can occur and be manifested in PLCs in mathematics. Identifying contradictions in PLCs are important, as the identification and resolution of contradictions are crucial to developing PLCs. We have conceptualized PLCs and contradictions within the Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Our data consist of two iterations of interviews with four teacher leader coaches with extensive experience of coaching teacher leaders of PLCs in mathematics. The study distinguishes 26 manifestations of contradictions, taking the overall forms of dilemmas and conflicts. Our results can be used in designing PLCs in mathematics: they can be used to make visible and increase participants' awareness of contradictions involved in PLCs and thereby increase the possibility that the contradictions serve as sources of support rather than obstacles in the development of PLCs in mathematics.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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