Studying and enhancing professional learning community for school effectiveness in Iceland

Improving school towards more effectiveness in terms of students learning is a complex task, influenced by contextual and cultural factors. Characteristics of effective schools are relatively well known in the literature, but the relationship of those is still controversial. Many questions are still...

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Main Author: Anna Kristín Sigur_ardottir
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación
Online Access:https://revistas.uam.es/index.php/reice/article/view/10047
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Summary:Improving school towards more effectiveness in terms of students learning is a complex task, influenced by contextual and cultural factors. Characteristics of effective schools are relatively well known in the literature, but the relationship of those is still controversial. Many questions are still unanswered on effective ways of improving schools. Even though Hopkins (2001) claims that “we know enough about the theory and practice of educational change to successfully improve schools” (16), educationalists all over the world are dealing with this task with different success.
ISSN:1696-4713