Resumen de Parallel Stories: Teachers and Facilitators in a Transformative Online Teacher Learning Community
Jing Li, Xiaohong Yang, Cheryl Craig
This research is a narrative study of an “organically lived” online teacher learning community in China. This study aims to explore how teachers’ “personal practical knowledge” is shaped by interactions between teachers and facilitators within the community. The parallel stories of two facilitators and two teachers are explored so as to understand the narratives from multiple lenses. The interpretation captures teacher knowledge changes and growth within the meaningful intersections between facilitators and teachers. Highlighted in the research findings are the dynamic connections between emotions, teachers’ identities in personal and school landscapes, and teachers’ fostering their best-loved selves.
