Reviewing a practitioner enquiry: collective efficacy

Throughout this enquiry cycle we have encouraged you to reflect on your own professional learning journey.

Research has shown that educators change their beliefs through changing their practice and reflecting on the result (Guskey 1986). Therefore effective professional learning should not only impact upon learners but also upon the professional development and identity of the educator themselves.

We have curated a list of resources to help you consider collective efficacy, the purpose of education and the connection between our learning as educators and the learning of our learners.

This is central to the National Model of Professional Learning which states that the educator’s professional learning should be informed by the learner’s experience, voice and needs. In turn, the professional learning of the educator should impact positively upon the experiences of learners.