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Characterising Communities of Teachers

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This chapter considers some of the different types of PST and ECT communities currently existing in both physical and virtual spaces. The chapter identifies the divergent features of these communities and analyses members’ and other stakeholders’ claims about these communities’ relevance, sustainability, utility, and transformative capacity. From this analysis the authors synthesise defining and contextually specific characteristics that underpin effective communities of teachers regardless of national and regional locations and irrespective of physical and virtual spaces. This synthesis is useful for helping to frame the discussion in subsequent chapters of particular online networks for teachers.

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  1. Australian Digital Futures Institute, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

    Nick Kelly

  2. Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Nick Kelly

  3. Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain

    Marc Clarà

  4. Learning Academy, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia

    Benjamin Kehrwald

  5. Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

    Patrick Alan Danaher

  6. School of Education and the Arts, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia

    Patrick Alan Danaher

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Kelly, N., Clarà, M., Kehrwald, B., Danaher, P.A. (2016). Characterising Communities of Teachers. In: Online Learning Networks for Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50302-2_3

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