내부로부터의 학교 변화: 학교 안 교사학습공동체의 형성 및 발달에 관한 사례 연구 = School Change from Within: A Case Study of a School-based Teacher Learning Community

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Interest in teachers’ learning communities has proliferated in school reform over the last two decades. The number of studies about such communities in South Korea has increased since the mid-2000s. Because existing research has primarily focused on out-of-school teacher learning communities and changes in teachers, however, they have not yet clarified how teachers’ changes affect overall school change. Bearing this in mind, this study aims to explore the educational meanings of school-based teachers’ learning communities in the relation to school change. By utilizing a case study on a teacher learning community in a middle school located in Gyeonggi-Do,this study investigates how such a community is forged and developed, and contributes to school change. The study finds that the community serves a critical function in changing the school, as it provides a foundation upon which teachers share their ideas and practice them together in order to address “our school’s” problems. In particular, the study shows that the roles of teacher leaders, the characteristics of learning materials, and the flexibility of community organizations are all essential to the community function.