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dc.contributor.authorRonnerman, Karin
dc.contributor.authorEdwards-Groves, Christine
dc.contributor.authorGrootenboer, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-19T05:16:20Z
dc.date.available2017-07-19T05:16:20Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn2002-0317
dc.identifier.doi10.3402/nstep.v1.30098
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/102004
dc.description.abstractProfessional learning communities (PLCs) are often established and organised through collaboration among teachers, with one teacher having the role of facilitator. Such communities are widely recognised as important for facilitating both teacher and student learning. However, less is known about the leadership practices and the nature of the communicative spaces for learning as part of a PLC. The case study presented here focused on a district in Sweden involving 14 early childhood teachers who led their colleagues in implementing the revised curriculum for early childhood education (Lpfö-98). In this case, the leadership practices resembled a shared form of activity, which recognises that leading peers in learning-focused professional activities require what we describe as ‘middle leadership’. Data was collected in the form of field notes and recordings of participants’ dialogue in meetings involving middle leaders as they discussed their work; the dialogue was analysed through the lens of the theory of practice architectures. The results show the nature of communicative spaces as mechanisms for enabling teachers to engage in learning-focused meaning-making activities connected to systematic quality work. The results also reveal the practices and practice architectures that enabled the middle leader to conduct the work of leading the development of his or her colleagues.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCo-Action Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom67
dc.relation.ispartofpageto76
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2015
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducational administration, management and leadership
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390403
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleOpening up communicative spaces for discussion 'quality practices' in early childhood education through middle leadership
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Karin Rönnerman et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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gro.griffith.authorGrootenboer, Peter J.
gro.griffith.authorEdwards-Groves, Christine J.


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