Professional Learning Communities in China: Administrative Management or Teachers’ Professional Development?
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In the context of globalization, educational reforms around the world have brought new challenges to the improvement of teachers' teaching concepts and practices. How to strengthen educational administration and promote teachers' professional development have become an important issue in the field of education. Among many solutions, the establishment of professional learning communities is regarded as an important way for leaders to strengthen management and improve the professional qualities of teachers. Therefore, in the context of the continuous development of educational management, more and more school leaders and teachers are seeking a better way to establish an efficient professional learning community. This phenomenon is becoming more and more common gradually.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i14.6057
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