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.