The impact of professional learning communities on pre-service teachers’ professional commitment

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Jinzhen Zhao¹  Chunsong Cheng² 

[1] College of Foreign Languages, Quzhou University, Zhejiang Province, China;College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang Province, China;College of Foreign Languages, Quzhou University, Zhejiang Province, China;

关键词: professional learning community;    workshops for teaching competitions;    pre-service teacher;    impact;    professional commitment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1153016

 received in 2023-01-28, accepted in 2023-06-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

While in-service teachers’ professional commitment has gained significant attention in recent years, researches on pre-service teachers’ professional commitment is still insufficient, particularly with regard to the effect that professional learning communities play on pre-service teachers’ professional commitment. In this context, this study employed mixed methods to investigate the impact of workshops for teaching competitions as a professional learning community on pre-service teachers’ professional commitment in China. A questionnaire survey was administered to pre-service teachers who had workshop experiences (n = 43) and their classmates who did not have workshop experiences (n = 98) to examine the effect of workshops for teaching competitions as a professional learning community on pre-service teachers’ professional commitment. Follow-up qualitative interviews with 5 pre-service teachers with workshop experiences were conducted to explain the reasons behind such effects. The results showed that workshop experiences had significant and positive effects on pre-service teachers’ professional commitment and the characteristics of shared vision, collaboration, and reflective dialogue affected their professional commitment from three perspectives: commitment to teaching as a career, personal time investment, and interest in professional development.

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