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Publication date: 9 June 2022

Wangbei Ye

This paper explores education group school principal’s influence on professional learning community (PLC) development in China.

Abstract

Purpose

This paper explores education group school principal’s influence on professional learning community (PLC) development in China.

Design/methodology/approach

Qualitative comparative case studies were conducted.

Findings

The findings show that principals indicated principal-level factors were their major concerns regarding PLC cultural condition design, school needs were the major concerns in PLCs’ relational and structural design, and educational-group factors impacted principals’ extension of PLCs’ structural conditions.

Originality/value

This article concludes by presenting a “three-context” framework for understanding education group principal’s influence on PLCs in China.

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Journal of Professional Capital and Community, vol. 7 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2056-9548

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Article
Publication date: 1 November 2023

Wangbei Ye

This paper explores a district government's role in using school networks to transform turnaround schools in rural Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Purpose

This paper explores a district government's role in using school networks to transform turnaround schools in rural Shanghai, China.

Design/methodology/approach

Qualitative case studies were conducted.

Findings

Findings showed that the C District government varied its power in initiating school networks; collaborative networks were developed but addressed local problems in a limited manner and collaborative networks had difficulties innovating to solve novel problems.

Originality/value

This article presents an “external-internal context” framework for understanding local government's role in school networks and turnaround school transformation in China.

Details

Journal of Professional Capital and Community, vol. 9 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2056-9548

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