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TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AS A PREDICTOR OF COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY

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TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AS A PREDICTOR OF COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between professional development community and collective teacher efficacy. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional survey. The data were collected through the Professional Learning Community Scale and the Collective Teacher Belief Scale with a sample of 327 teachers. The analysis of the data included arithmetic mean, correlation analysis, and simple linear regression analysis. Findings showed that the perception of collective teacher efficacy and professional learning community was at the level of Agree. On the other hand, a positive and statistically significant moderate relationship was found between collective teacher efficacy and professional learning community. Besides, professional learning community positively and significantly predicted collective teacher efficacy.

Keywords

Professional Learning Community , Collective Teacher Efficacy , Teacher Collaboration , Professional Sharing

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Ünver, T. (2021). TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AS A PREDICTOR OF COLLECTIVE TEACHER EFFICACY. APJEC - Academic Platform Journal of Education and Change, 4(1), 131-146. https://izlik.org/JA92XM73RK