PLCs: Key PD component in learning transfer for teachers of English learners |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200241, China;2. English Department, Changzhi University, 73 East Chengbei Rd, Changzhi, Shanxi, 046000, China;3. School of Foreign Languages, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Rd, Shanghai, 200241, China |
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| Abstract: | As part of a two-year long professional development program for in-service teachers leading to endorsement in English as a Second Language (ESL), this investigation examined teachers' perceptions of the role of professional learning communities on their professional development experience, particularly on their sharing and transfer of learning into their instructional practice. Results from this mixed-methods research indicated that teachers perceived their professional learning communities, especially the reflective dialogue enacted during their weekly Try It Out discussion based on peers’ strategy implementations, as the most relevant component of their professional development program to their transferring of learning into their instructional practice. |
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| Keywords: | Professional development School district-university partnership Professional learning communities Transfer of learning English learners |
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