LEADER 03635nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910818765703321 005 20240417032952.0 010 $a1-4384-3062-0 010 $a1-4416-4872-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000013041 035 $a(OCoLC)615600390 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574144 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407282 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407282 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574144 035 $a(DE-B1597)681359 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438430621 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000013041 100 $a20090605d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aTeachers learning in community$b[electronic resource] $erealities and possibilities /$fedited by Betty Lou Whitford and Diane R. Wood 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cSUNY Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series, restructuring and school change 311 $a1-4384-3061-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction /$rBetty Lou Whitford and Diane R. Wood --$tProfessional learning communities for collaborative teacher development /$rBetty Lou Whitford and Diane R. Wood --$tCreating learning communities : the Lucent peer collaboration initiative /$rBetty Lou Whitford and Debra R. Smith --$tLearning communities : catalyst for change or a new infrastructure for the status quo? /$rDiane R. Wood --$tLearning communities in an era of high-stakes accountability /$rDiane Yendol-Hoppey --$tContext and collaboration : growing the work in New Jersey /$rDebra R. Smith, Dick Corbett, and Bruce L. Wilson --$tDeepening the work : promise and perils of collaborative inquiry /$rDiane R. Wood --$tWhat's to not like about professional learning communities? /$rKen Jones --$tA look to the future /$rDiane R. Wood and Betty Lou Whitford. 330 $aThis book raises provocative questions about the efficacy, viability, and sustainability of professional learning communities given the present political and structural realities of public schools. The culmination of six years of research in five states, it explores real world efforts to establish learning communities as a strategy for professional development and school improvement. The contributors look at the realities of these communities in public schools, revealing power struggles, logistical dilemmas, cultural conflicts, and communication problems?all forces that threaten to dismantle the effectiveness of learning communities. And yet, through robust and powerful descriptions of particularly effective learning communities, the authors hold out promise that they might indeed make a difference. Anyone persuaded that learning communities are the new "magic bullet" to fix schools needs to read this book, including teacher educators, educational leaders and practitioners, professional developers, and educational leadership faculty. 410 0$aSUNY series, restructuring and school change. 606 $aProfessional learning communities$zUnited States 606 $aTeachers$xIn-service training$zUnited States 615 0$aProfessional learning communities 615 0$aTeachers$xIn-service training 676 $a370.71/55 701 $aWhitford$b Betty Lou$01713487 701 $aWood$b Diane R.$f1946-$01713488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818765703321 996 $aTeachers learning in community$94106517 997 $aUNINA