ERIC Number: EJ1380673
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0966-9760
EISSN: EISSN-1469-8463
Transforming Preschool Language Teachers' Beliefs of Implementing Play-Based Learning in a Professional Learning Community
Tam, Angela Choi Fung
International Journal of Early Years Education, v31 n1 p46-62 2023
This two-year longitudinal study explores whether a professional learning community (PLC) helps shift language teachers' beliefs about implementing play-based learning. Ten practitioners from a preschool participated in this case study. Data were collected through interviews and observations of participants' practices engaged in the PLC. The emerged PLC characteristics found transform teachers' beliefs that are (1) shared goals, (2) learning activities and (3) collegiality. All participants had different conceptual changes about implementing play-based learning towards a child-centred approach. The emerged change categories are the prime concern in lesson planning, learning objectives, types of lesson plans, instructional pedagogies, learning activities and teaching materials. Implications for teacher development are discussed.
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Preschool Education, Beliefs, Play, Learning Strategies, Communities of Practice, Attitude Change, Curriculum Implementation, Sharing Behavior, Objectives, Learning Activities, Collegiality, Student Centered Learning, Foreign Countries, Teacher Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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