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- Vol 6 RE: Chapters 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, App D
professional learning networkscollaborative inquiryteacher design teamsknowledge mobilisationnetwork leadershipboundary crossingnetwork sustainabilityBook Evidence summaryAt a glance
Brown and Poortman's edited volume examines professional learning networks as structures for teacher development and school and system improvement.
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International cases include research-learning networks, teacher design teams, data teams, lesson study, communities of pedagogical inquiry, interschool networks, and system-wide educational landscapes. Across these forms, productive networks do more than connect people: they create purposeful inquiry, generate and circulate knowledge, give participants agency, and link collaboration to changes in practice. The chapters also address leadership, evidence use, relationships, boundary crossing, impact, and long-term sustainability. Networks can fail when participation is superficial, purposes are unclear, knowledge remains local, or support disappears.
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For educators and system leaders, the collection recommends establishing a shared improvement focus, creating routines for disciplined collaborative inquiry, attending to trust and facilitation, and evaluating whether network activity changes professional knowledge, classroom practice, and learner outcomes.
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