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Leading Learning Communities

Course Description: The course covers the evolution of organizational theories and their relationship to learning organizations, the concept of learning communities, their origins and characteristics, the relationship between learning communities and the concepts of diversity, reflection, technology, and partnership. It also addresses criteria for preparing and training educational administrative leaders to lead schools and transform them into learning communities, the evolving roles of teachers in schools, and quality management to achieve desired goals. .

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

The main objective of the course:
– Understanding the evolution of organizational theories and their relationship to learning organizations.
• Understanding the concept of learning communities, their origins, and characteristics.
• Identifying the relationship between learning communities and the concept of diversity, the concept of reflection, technology, and the concept of partnership.
• Recognizing school leadership towards learning communities.
• Identifying the standards for preparing and training educational administrative leaders to lead the school towards learning communities.
• Discovering the steps to build learning communities.
• Infer how to transform the school into a learning community.
Identifying the evolving roles of the teacher in the school as a learning community.
• Uncovering learning communities in sustainable professional development.
• Understand quality management and transform the school into a learning community.
• Analyzing the role of educational institutions in the transformation toward learning societies.
• Revealing the role of distance learning in the transformation towards learning communities.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and Understanding
1.1 The student understands the concept and characteristics of learning communities.
1.2 The student mentions the reasons for transforming the school into a learning community and how to build and enhance capabilities as a learning organization. .
1.3 The student identifies how to lead the school towards a learning community, including roles, standards, and approaches. .
1.4 The student reviews the standards for preparing and training administrative and school leaders.
1.5 The student mentions the inputs for school professional development and its transformation into a learning community.
The student defines quality management, its requirements, and its approaches for reforming the education system.
1.7 The student defines the role of educational institutions in the transformation towards learning communities. .
1.8 The student explains the nature of distance education and its relationship to learning communities. .
2 Skills:
The student analyzes the steps of building learning communities. .
2.2 The student differentiates between school in the traditional sense and the concept of learning communities. .
2.3 The student criticizes current school leadership in light of the learning community concept.
2.4 Proposes standards for the preparation and training of educational and school administrative leaders to achieve learning communities. .
2.5 The student analyzes the link between professional development and school improvement in light of development approaches to achieve a learning community.
2.6 The student summarizes the role of educational institutions in the transformation towards learning communities.
3 Values:
3.1 Masters self-research skills.
3.2 Adheres to scientific research ethics.
3.3 Works effectively with peers and team members to accomplish various activities.

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Last Updated: 2026-05-11