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Title: Action Research Communities as a Whole-of-School Teaching Improvement Initiative: A Multi-Method Multi-Informant Study
Language: English
Authors: David Lynch, Hoi Vo, Tony Yeigh, Tina Marcoionni, Jake Madden, David Turner
Source: Australian Educational Researcher. 2025 52(2):1133-1162.
Availability: Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 30
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
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Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Improvement, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Decision Making, Teacher Collaboration, Instructional Leadership
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-024-00756-7
ISSN: 0311-6999
2210-5328
Abstract: Professional learning communities (PLCs) actioned through collaborative action research (CAR) have been found in the literature to be beneficial for both teachers and students. However, previous studies mainly examined teachers' perceived effectiveness of CAR-based PLCs, as well as identified steps and elements involved in such PLCs, either self-initiated by teachers themselves or by university researchers in a school-university partnership model. Few have focused on a whole-of-school teaching improvement initiative based entirely on PLCs through CAR. In this study, we provide preliminary evaluation of a 3-year whole-of-school teaching improvement initiative (the SETaRI), based on PLCs through CAR at a regional primary school in NSW, Australia. Analysis of students' various assessment measures (N = 206), teachers' survey (N = 44), observation of professional learning team meetings, and various types of student artefacts revealed that students showed general and consistent improvement in both their reading and maths performance over time following the implementation of the SETaRI model, with greater progressive learning effects for those whose initial learning outcomes were lower than their peers. The findings also highlighted data-driven decision making, teacher collaboration, and school leadership as potent elements underlying teachers' positive attitudes toward the implementation of the model as well as student learning outcomes and improvement. This study provides useful implications for a school improvement agenda focused on action research communities.
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