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Professional Learning Communities Assessment – Revised: A Measure of Schools as Learning Organisations
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Abstract:
Recent years showed a much stronger appeal for transforming schools, among other
organisations, into learning organisations. More than two decades into the coining of the
term learning organisations, researchers are still in pursuit of proper tools for measuring the
construct. The present investigation aims to evaluate the appropriateness of Professional
Learning Communities Assessment – Revised (PLCA-R) for assessing schools as
learning organisations. Data gathered from 224 elementary teachers were analysed using
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the dimensionality of the selected tool
in an organisational context. The results provided reasonable model fit and validity for
the hypothesised six-factor model indicating that PLCA-R is a suitable tool for assessing
schools as learning organisations. The findings imply that all the dimensions of PLCs
have to be given equal consideration when implementing PLCs in the context of learning
organisations.
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Date:
2020
Authors:
Visal Moosa
Sallimah Salleh
Lukman Hamid
Publisher:
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education (SHBIE)
