Global Perspectives on Developing Professional Learning Communities

Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang is Professor of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.  He is also the Director of the Hong Kong Centre for the Development of Educational Leadership (HKCDEL). Professor Pang specializes in educational administration, management and leadership, as well as school effectiveness and improvement. He is a sought after presenter and keynote speaker, and has published widely, locally and internationally, with five books, as well as numerous book chapters and internationally refereed journal articles. Ting Wang is Professor and Program Director, International Education, Leadership, Development at the Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Australia. She specializes in educational leadership and management, school leadership and professional learning communities, cross-border educational leadership development, international and transnational education. She has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally. She is affiliated with Beijing Normal University as a High End Foreign Expert Awarded by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, China. She is also affiliated with Hangzhou Normal University as a Qianjiang Distinguished Scholar awarded by Hangzhou Municipal Government in China.

• Introduction: Professional learning communities: research and practices across six educational systems in the Asia-Pacific region Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang and Ting Wang 1. School leadership and professional learning community: case study of two senior high schools in Northeast China Ting Wang 2. Investigating the development of professional learning communities: compare schools in Shanghai and Southwest China Jia Zhang and Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang 3. Educational reforms and the practices of professional learning community in Hong Kong primary schools Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang, Ting Wang and Zoe Lai-Mei Leung 4. Factors that develop effective professional learning communities in Taiwan Peiying Chen, Che-Di Lee, Hongda Lin and Chun-Xi Zhang 5. The emerging landscape of school-based professional learning communities in South Korean schools Moosung Lee and Jihyun Kim 6. Facilitation for professional learning community conversations in Singapore Hairon Salleh 7. Professional learning community process in the United States: conceptualization of the process and district support for schools Dianne F. Olivier and Jane B. Huffman