Influence Of Teachers Participation In Professional Learning Community On Their Teaching Skills

Abstract

A professional learning community (PLC) is a professional teachers' development platform, which has recently become increasingly popular. This framework allows teachers to participate in collaborative learning, joint coping with teaching challenges, exposure to innovative teaching methods and peer learning to which members member contributes and from which they benefit. A PLC also provides an emotional support framework for teachers, alleviates professional loneliness and helps with counseling. Studies indicate that participation in a PLC contributes to improving teachers' motivation, satisfaction with the profession and a higher sense of self-efficacy. PLCs can be either disciplinary or generic. The former emphasize professional development in a particular discipline such as math, science, or language literacy. The latter are concerned with imparting general teaching skills and issues related to teaching in the changing era of the 21st century. This article seeks to examine the influence of participation in a PLC on teachers' teaching skills. The article examines the impact of PLC both on aspects of teaching planning including setting clear lesson goals and assessment tools, and on aspects of using classroom teaching practices such as, using digital means, using diverse teaching aids, student teamwork, class presentations and more 2672-815X © 2023 Published by European Publisher.