Global Perspectives on Developing Professional Learning Communities

<p>This book discusses distinctive features of the professional learning community concept practices and processes across six different education systems in the Asia-Pacific region namely Mainland China Hong Kong Taiwan South Korea Singapore and the United States. It provides a platform for an exchange of different perspectives and offers alternative possibilities of theorizing professional learning communities across different socio-cultural contexts. Contributors provide valuable insights for policy makers education researchers and educators in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere to deal with critical questions about the improvement of teaching and learning and school improvement in a globalizing world.</p><p>This book was originally published as a special issue of the <i>Asia Pacific Journal of Education.</i></p>