Investigating the Antecedents and Organizational Consequence of the Professional Learning of Teachers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor in Educational Administration, Department of Education, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Ph.D. Student in Educational Administration, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

3 M.A in Educational Administration, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Antecedents and organizational consequences of the professional learning of teachers. The statistical population of the study was teachers in Tabriz. The sampling method was cluster sampling, which selected between three districts of 1,3,4 from Tabriz's five educational districts and considered as the statistical sample among all selected schools in all of their schools, except for the schools of Tizhhoshan. Data were collected by using standard questionnaires of the Hui school Enabling School Structures, Collective Hui and Copper Smith, Scientific emphasis of Schnannoruran et al., Baron and Kenny's professional learning, the Oliver, Hip, and Lake Professional Learning Cummunity will be compiled. Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the highest significant correlation was related to the relationship between academic emphasis and professional learning community and the least significant correlation was related to the relationship between enabling school structures and professional learning. The mediating role of professional learning in relation to variables was confirmed. According to the research results, attention to the antecedents and organizational consequence of professional learning will lead to improvement of teachers' professional learning community.

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