A case study of the development of a teacher professional learning community in school departments

This study aimed at investigating traditional face-to-face PLCs in a secondary school context focusing on the role of PLCs that facilitate teacher change in beliefs and practices with respect to curriculum, teaching, learning, roles of teachers and learning to teach.

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