Professional Learning Networks : Facilitating Transformation in Diverse Contexts with Equity-Seeking Communities.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Seeries Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- 1-Exploring the Potential of Professional Learning Networks -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Equity-oriented PLNs -- Rural PLNs -- Structures and Conditions That Support Teacher Learning and Practice Change -- Conclusion -- References -- 2-Collaborative Professionalism Across Cultures and Contexts: Cases of Professional Learning Networks Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Canada and Colombia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Collaborative Professionalism -- The Ontario Example: Multi-level Networks for Transformative Change -- The Colombia Example: Networking to Bring Transformative Education to Rural Communities -- Exemplars of Collaborative Professionalism -- References -- 3-Professional Learning Networks Among District Leaders: Advancing Collective Expertise and Leadership for Learning -- Abstract -- About the Networks -- Two Cases -- District 1: Assessing Learning and Creating a Place for Student Voice -- District 2: Creating Shared Stories of Success -- Discussion -- Building Reflexive Capacity -- Summarizing What We Have Learned -- References -- 4-Tracing Cycles of Teachers' Self- and Co-Regulated Practice within a Professional Learning Network -- The Promise of PLNs -- Conceptualizing Self- and Co-regulation in Teachers' Practice and Learning -- A Focus on Co-regulation -- Conceptualizing Collaborative Inquiry within a PLN as Forms of Self- and Co-regulation -- The PLN We Studied -- Distributed Agency within the PLN -- Supports Created within the PLN -- Conditions Supportive of Self- and Co-regulation in the PLN -- A Fine-Tuned Analysis of PLN Processes at Work -- How Did Laura's Self- and Co-Regulation of Practice and Learning Unfold Over Time?.

How Were Conditions Established Within the District-Level PLN Related to Teachers' Engagement in Self- and Co-Regulated Practice and Learning? -- Conclusions and Implications -- References -- 5-How Rural Educators Improve Professiona Capital in a Blended Professional Learning Network -- Introduction -- Brief Literature Review -- Professional Learning Networks -- Conceptual Framework -- NW RISE Network -- Job-alike Groups -- Findings -- Findings: Professional Capital -- Social Capital -- Human Capital -- Decisional Capital -- Findings: Related to Rural Education -- Strengthening Community Ties -- Rural Teacher Leadership -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 6-Growing the Top: Examining a Mentor-Coach Professional Learning Network -- Introduction -- Context -- The WQSB TIP -- The TIP Pillars -- Unpacking the Terminology -- Professional Learning Networks -- The MC PLN: Intent, Design, and Structure -- Strengths and Stretches of the MC PLN -- Focus -- Collaboration -- Reflective Professional Inquiry -- Leadership -- Group and Individual Learning -- Conclusion and Next Steps -- References -- 7-Shifting Our Gaze: Relational Space in Professional Learning Network Research -- Abstract -- Foregrounding Relational Space -- Invoking Network Thinking and Methods -- Boundedness -- Connectedness -- Mutuality -- The Path Ahead -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

This book illustrates key attributes of professional learning networks that build educators' ownership, practice, and expertise and highlights the potential of PLNs to address questions of equity, both for educators working in rural communities who have limited access to professional development and diverse learners and equity-seeking communities.

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