Journal of Professional Capital and Community

Scope

Journal of Professional Capital and Community raises and aim to address issues like: Individualism and collaboration in teaching The processes involved in building professional cultures and communities Leadership and team building, coaching and mentoring Collective responsibility and evidence-based transparency How sustainable collaboration evolves over time and its impact on quality of teaching and student outcomes How collaboration produces and depends on the dynamics of risk and trust The relationship collaboration has to other aspects of educational reform and improvement such as school competition, assessment and accountability and curriculum standards Journal of Professional Capital and Community looks at how professional culture and community and the ways to invest in and build professional capital vary across continents, countries and cultures. The journal identifies the positive aspects of professional interactions and relationships but also raises critical questions about how professional culture can be manipulated, how professional collaboration can be restricted and misused, and how collegiality can become constrained or contrived. Journal of Professional Capital and Community welcomes and supports contributions from a range of disciplines, and supports a broad spectrum of methodologies including quantitative and qualitative approaches, documentary study, action research and conceptual development.