Abstract
In order to smoothly implement the 12-year national curriculum guidelines, the Ministry of Education launched the Pilot School Program at the high school stage in 2016. The Program utilizes the two major logics of practice: professional learning network and democratic professionalism, to strengthen the support system and collaborative participation mechanism through task sharing, collaborative working and collaborative problem-solving. These methods then help to form the connection and networking of professional resources. Taking a pragmatic approach, this paper aims to illustrate the position of the policy, function, benefits, and meanings of the pilot school program. The pilot schools were supposedly designed as a leverage for co-generating collaborative working. The transformative purpose for this program is achieved by means of region-based and policy-guided advisory activities, assessing and problem-solving of curriculum restructuring. Through continuing professional learning and exchange, these school efforts might bring about the capabilities of collective problem-solving and public consciousness. These practices might be more likely to inspire imaginaries of democratic professionalism, promote the new social relations and the accumulation of professional capital through regional alliances.
Translated title of the contribution | Enabling Networked Action by Pilot Schools for Nurturing Democratic Professionalism |
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Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
Pages (from-to) | 11-35 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | 中等教育 |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Dec |
Keywords
- pilot school
- professional learning network
- democratic professionalism