The Operational Status and Related Factors of Professional Learning Community for Elementary School Teachers in Tainan City

• Main Authors: Shu-hua Chen, 鄭淑華
• Other Authors: Yin-yang Ou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46386821335623883803

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教育經營與管理研究所碩士班 === 101 === The purposes of this study were to understand the operational status of the professional learning communities (PLCs) for elementary school teachers in Tainan City and to compare the differences of teachers background variables in operational status of PLCs. According to the results, make recommendations for development of elementary school teachers'' PLCs. This study conducted questionnaire survey method to collect the data. The questionnaires of the Operational Status of Teachers’ Professional Learning Community had been compiled for using as a survey tool. The subjects were 561 elementary school teachers in Tainan City. Data obtained were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA. The research results were listed as follows: 1. The Operational status of PLCs in Tainan elementary schools （1） The most popular property of PLCs in Tainan elementaryschools which teachers attended were mainly Ministry of Education or the municipal government subsidized. （2） The main reason of PLCs in Tainan elementary schools which teachers attended were demand for personal professional development and work. （3） The operational Status of PLCs in Tainan elementary schools reached a moderate to high level and “practice-sharing and viewing” level has the highest score. 2. The operational Status of PLCs in Tainan elementary schools has some differences in gender and type of tasks held of teachers. 3. The operational Status of PLCs in Tainan elementary schools has some differences in school position.