Download the article: How Do Teachers Learn with Teachers? Understanding Child Study as a Case for Professional Learning Communities
In the the wide world of educational research, the hopeful concept of teacher as learner has gained currency among a number of authors and provoked useful questions about the nature of professional
development for teachers.2 Called by different names, collaborative professional development and professional learning community (PLC) both refer to a way in which teachers learn with teachers to become better teachers. These kinds of initiative recognize that collaboration is a demanding, uncomfortable, participatory process in which teachers may ultimately be required to take responsibility for each other’s learning.3 This image of what we expect from our teachers may look exactly like what we expect from our students. The rewards are potentially profound, although they are not easy to measure.
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