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• TITLE: A Review of Related Literature of PLCs from Hermeneutics Perspectives

  AUTHORS: Yiming Shan

  KEYWORDS: Professional Learning Community, Hermeneutics

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.11 No.2, February 24, 2023

  ABSTRACT: The studies of teacher learning and professional learning communities have arisen and received considerable attention in recent decades. Some researchers argue that the institutional and cultural contexts should be taken into consideration when examining issues related to PLCs. Being an approach which takes a systematic and critical reflection on the content of the written text, this study adopts the hermeneutics to disclose the conceptions as well as the characteristics of PLCs from different perspectives of both western and the Chinese scholars. Although there is no universal accepted definition of PLCs, it is found that developing PLCs involves building shared vision and broadening organizational, personal and interpersonal capacities within the learning organizations.