According to Wikipedia (n.d.) a learning community is a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes that meet semi-regularly to collaborate on classwork. Whereas, the Glossary of Education Reform define a professional learning community (PLC) as a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and students’ academic performance. This article goes on to state that the PLC tends to serve two broad purposes: (1) improving the skills and knowledge of educators through collaborative study, expertise exchange, and professional dialogue, and (2) improving the educational aspirations, achievement, and attainment of students through stronger leadership and teaching.
When I was deciding on which school to attend, I watched the videos on various aspects of Walden, including but not limited to orientation, welcome, the doctorate program, and the …show more content…
K. Patricia Cross (1998). Learning communities are not only necessary but advantageous in that they allow people to construct knowledge working together cooperatively and interdependently (K. P. Cross, 1998). In his book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge calls for “a shift of mind … a place where people are continually discovering how they create their reality and how they can change it” (pp.12-13) (K. P. Cross, 1998).
Author/MKA, sums it up by stating “learning communities are of high interest in higher education now because they are compatible with changing epistemologies about the nature of knowledge, because research generally supports their educational benefits, and because they help institutions of higher education meet their missions of educating students for their lives of work and service”. (K. P. Cross,
When I was deciding on which school to attend, I watched the videos on various aspects of Walden, including but not limited to orientation, welcome, the doctorate program, and the …show more content…
K. Patricia Cross (1998). Learning communities are not only necessary but advantageous in that they allow people to construct knowledge working together cooperatively and interdependently (K. P. Cross, 1998). In his book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge calls for “a shift of mind … a place where people are continually discovering how they create their reality and how they can change it” (pp.12-13) (K. P. Cross, 1998).
Author/MKA, sums it up by stating “learning communities are of high interest in higher education now because they are compatible with changing epistemologies about the nature of knowledge, because research generally supports their educational benefits, and because they help institutions of higher education meet their missions of educating students for their lives of work and service”. (K. P. Cross,