‘A professional learning community is an inclusive group of people, who are motivated by a shared vision of learning who support and work with each other to find ways to inquire into their practice and together learn and develop new and better approaches that will enhance pupils learning’. (Stoll et al, 2005)
Current educational research indicate that successful schools learning environments operate as learning mentor communities which value collaboration, innovation and reflective practice. They regard learning and the improvement of development as the central activity for all the adults and pupils within the school, or employees or trainers in the work place. Teachers in learning communities operate as researchers and leaders of learning, seek their own solutions and view their mission as enabling pupils at both adult and youth levels to taking increasing responsibility for and control of their own learning.
