- Discussion on the focus of Learning Communities.
Learning Communities are made up of a collaborative problem solving team to better results. Members of the team are forced to open their minds capacity to create the results they desire. Team members most likely learn new patterns of thinking, they learn how to capitalize on the way the group, and they continually learn how to learn together.
- Discussion on the benefits of Learning Communities.
Some benefits of Learning Communities include: decreased teacher isolation, increased commitment to the mission, shared responsibility, more powerful learning, and higher likelihood of fundamental, systemic change.
- Discussion on how Learning Communities affect teachers.
In Learning Communities teachers are forced to always be life-long learners. That means that teachers will be forces to collaborate with others to determine the best practice to achieve the mission of the student. It is also very important for teachers to stay true to their shared values and beliefs. Being apart of a Learning Community is a tough balancing act for teachers.
- Discussion on how Learning Communities affect students.
I feel like Learning Communities affect students in many ways that could be beneficial. For instance the student will have many more resources available to them with more collaborators on the team. There is a chance that Learning Communities could affect students very badly by having bad collaborations within the Community.
- Discussion on the components for shared vision in Learning Communities.
In Learning Communities teachers share a vision of the conditions they must create to achieve the mission. A shared vision includes all of the collaborators thoughts and opinions to create beneficial outcomes.
- Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.
I feel like the concept of Learning Communities can relate to every topic. Every group is working and practicing the concept of a Learning Community by every individual working as a collaborative team. Each individual is bringing their idea and beliefs to create beneficial results.
I like how you said that by participating in the learning communities teachers are forced to be life long learners. I think sometimes we get stuck in routines and what we think works best. The learning communities will give us the advantage of critical feedback on whether our methods and strategies are still reasonable as the years past and so on. A shared vision is the best, being able to collaborate with our teachers is hopefully very inspiring to all whom participate. This advantage allows us, teachers to share our thoughts with people that actually care and are concerned about the effect it will have on the students. I can also agree with you that learning communities can relate to any topic and or situation. I think it would work perfectly in a school setting but can also be used by businesses and many organizations as well.
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