ERIC Number: EJ1399235
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1741-1432
EISSN: EISSN-1741-1440
Leading as Boundary Crossing: How Teacher Leaders Lead across a Professional Learning Network in Shanghai China
Zeng, Yan; Lo, Leslie N. K.
Educational Management Administration & Leadership, v51 n6 p1383-1400 2023
This paper explores how teacher leaders enact leadership practice across a regional learning network, Master Teacher Studios, an officially initiated teacher learning program in Shanghai. It investigates the leadership strategies that are employed for cross-boundary endeavors in the network. The concepts of "boundary" and "boundary crossing," as expounded by Wenger and others, are used to guide an examination of the process of teacher leadership enactment across a network, which is elucidated as interpreting the boundaries, selecting/designing boundary objects, and participating in communities of practice. The paper fosters an understanding of teacher leadership practice as boundary work in a network context, and delineates a process of teacher leadership enactment, as well as the importance of teacher leader identity in the process.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Education, Educational Strategies, Communities of Practice, Professional Identity, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Shanghai)
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