TY - JOUR
T1 - The emerging landscape of school-based professional learning communities in South Korean schools
AU - Lee, Moo Sung
AU - Kim, Jihyun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 National Institute of Education, Singapore.
PY - 2016/4/2
Y1 - 2016/4/2
N2 - Over the last decade, school-based professional learning communities (PLCs) have emerged as a key feature of the education system in South Korea. To understand this relatively new phenomenon in the context of South Korea, we provide a review of research on school-based PLCs in South Korea and an empirical analysis of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2008 with a focus on school-based PLCs. Based on our findings from the literature review and analysis of the TALIS, we aim to provide a fuller picture of the emerging landscape of school-based PLCs in South Korean schools. In so doing, we focus on what constitutes school-based PLCs in South Korean schools and how they are similar to and/or different from their counterparts in other countries. Implications for policy, practice, and research are discussed.
AB - Over the last decade, school-based professional learning communities (PLCs) have emerged as a key feature of the education system in South Korea. To understand this relatively new phenomenon in the context of South Korea, we provide a review of research on school-based PLCs in South Korea and an empirical analysis of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2008 with a focus on school-based PLCs. Based on our findings from the literature review and analysis of the TALIS, we aim to provide a fuller picture of the emerging landscape of school-based PLCs in South Korean schools. In so doing, we focus on what constitutes school-based PLCs in South Korean schools and how they are similar to and/or different from their counterparts in other countries. Implications for policy, practice, and research are discussed.
KW - school improvement
KW - School-based professional learning communities
KW - South Korea
KW - TALIS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963669738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02188791.2016.1148854
DO - 10.1080/02188791.2016.1148854
M3 - Article
SN - 0218-8791
VL - 36
SP - 266
EP - 284
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Education
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Education
IS - 2
ER -