Building a Professional Learning Community: A Way of Teacher Participation in Mexican Public Elementary Schools

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  • Manuel Flores Fahara Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios s Superiores de Monterrey
  • Ma. Guadalupe Rodríguez Bulnes Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Magda García Quintanilla Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

https://doi.org/10.17583/ijelm.2015.1338

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The professional learning communities and communities of practice approaches in the arena of education appear to hold considerable promise for sustainable school improvement. These approaches flow from the assumption that teacher´s collaboration is central to transform a school into a learning organization. They also provide opportunities for teachers’ professional development. The literature shows that schools are frequently called upon to improve by developing high levels of teacher collaboration. In this study we describe how the process of building a professional learning community took place in two urban public elementary schools located in Monterrey, Mexico in which seven teachers participated, from which three were novices and four experts. Through this study, we found that teachers visualized as possible the ability to generate a space where they could reflect and solve problems while they shared experiences from their teaching practices. This space of reflection also allowed them to create projects and develop a sense of community when they had more time available since the schools were usually involved in many projects.

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Manuel Flores Fahara, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios s Superiores de Monterrey

Actualmente es profesor en la Escuela Nacional de Educación Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales del Tecnológico de Monterrey donde imparte cursos en la maestría en educación y en el doctorado en innovación educativa. Su investigación se enfoca en las temáticas de comunidades de aprendizaje de profesores, desarrollo profesional del profesor y la práctica docente en la sociedad del conocimiento

Ma. Guadalupe Rodríguez Bulnes, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Ma. Guadalupe Rodríguez Bulnes holds a Ph. D. in Education from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, an M.A. in Higher Education Teaching and a B.A in English/Spanish Translation from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL).

She is a full time professor in the Language Sciences Department at UANL. Her teaching focuses on foreign language teachers’ education and professional development, practice teaching and research methodology.

 

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Flores Fahara, M., Rodríguez Bulnes, M. G., & García Quintanilla, M. (2015). Building a Professional Learning Community: A Way of Teacher Participation in Mexican Public Elementary Schools. International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 3(2), 113–142. https://doi.org/10.17583/ijelm.2015.1338

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