01318nam a22001697a 450000500170000000800410001704000080005810000220006624501120008826000190020030000120021949000630023150007190029465000120101370000180102585601050104320250115165151.0250115b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  cLDD  aChiang, Kwun, Man  aTaking stock of the research into professional learning communities: Paradigms, pathways, and possibilities  aElsevier, 2024  bp. 1-13  aAn International Journal Of Research And StudiesvVol. 139  aThis narrative literature review conceptualizes how professional learning communities (PLCs) have been researched via the three paradigms of inquiry proposed by Jürgen Habermas. We first briefly introduce the existing PLC research and then discuss the need for a narrative review through a paradigmatic lens. Next, we outline the characteristics and pathways of the three paradigms that structure our conceptual lens, namely empirical-analytical inquiry, hermeneutic inquiry, and critical inquiry. We then review and critique the existing PLC research from these three paradigms of inquiry to reveal their strengths and shortcomings. Finally, the implications and possibilities for future research are discussed.  aTeacher  aYin, Hongbiao  yclick here to access onlineuhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X23004195