The Professional Learning Community (PLC) to Enhance Creativity-based Learning Developing Model of Teachers in Basic Education

Abstract

The research on developing a professional learning community model to promote creativity-based learning among teachers in the basic education aimed to 1) investigate the current condition and needs of the professional learning community to enhance creativity-based learning of teachers in the basic education; 2) construct and validate a model; 3) test the model; and 4) evaluate the accuracy, suitability, feasibility, and usefulness of the implementation of the professional learning community model. The samples used in the study included 119 academic teachers, 9 experts, and the other 30 teachers who volunteered to be involved in this study. The research instruments were four questionnaires, with reliabilities of .909,.941, .914., .886, and a handbook of the professional learning community model to enhance teachers' creativity-based learning in the basic education with an IOC of 0.80-1.00. The statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the research showed that: 1) the current state of PLC was at a medium level, and the need for PLC was at the highest level; 2) the model of the professional learning community to enhance creativity-based learning of teachers in the basic education were appropriated. The model consisted of 5 components: the principles, the purpose, the content, the process, measurement, and evaluation. The examined results of the model were at the highest level; 3) the evaluation results of the teachers who participated in the learning community and creative-based learning were at the highest level; 4) the results after implementing the professional learning community model enhancing creativity-based learning of teachers in the basic education were found to be accurate, possibility, and usefulness.