Teacher collaboration: 30 years of research on its nature, forms, limitations and effects

• Published in: Teachers and teaching, theory and practice Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 603 - 621
• Main Author: Hargreaves, Andy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Collaboration; Collegiality; Communities of Practice; Educational Change; Educational Research; Elementary school teachers; professional capital; professional culture; Professional ethics; Professionalism; Social Capital; Teacher Collaboration

This article reprises and reflects on 30 years of the author's work on teacher collaboration. The distinctive nature of this work has not been in making a case for teacher collaboration in terms of its benefits for students, teachers, or educational change. These arguments are widely available...