BPT 1501
Assignment: 03
Due Date: 06 September 2019
Student number: 65111133
Name: Christina Avgoustis
Unique number: 871034
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, 65111133 BPT1501 Assignment 03
1. Table of Contents
1. The teaching and learning community .............................................................................. 3
1.1. Description of Professional Learning Communities (PLC): .......................................... 3
1.2. 5 components of Professional Learning Communities: .............................................. 3
1.3. Roles and responsibilities of each component: .......................................................... 3
1) Mutual trust and respect ......................................................................................... 3
2) Leadership ............................................................................................................... 3
3) Regularity ................................................................................................................. 3
4) Collaborative and reflective inquiry ........................................................................ 4
5) Inclusive membership .............................................................................................. 4
1.4. How can Professional Learning Communities benefit teachers and learners? .......... 4
1.5. What activities can be done in a Professional Learning Community? ........................ 5
2. Educational Philosophies ................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Five Educational Philosophies ..................................................................................... 6
1) Essentialism ............................................................................................................. 6
2) Perennialism ............................................................................................................ 6
3) Progressivism ........................................................................................................... 6
4) Behaviourism ........................................................................................................... 7
5) Constructivism ......................................................................................................... 7
2.2 How do these philosophies benefit learners? ............................................................ 7
1) Essentialism ............................................................................................................. 7
2) Perennialism ............................................................................................................ 7
3) Progressivism ........................................................................................................... 8
4) Behaviourism ........................................................................................................... 8
5) Constructivism ......................................................................................................... 8
3. Bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 9
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