Darling-Hammond, L., Campbell, C., Goodwin, A. L., Hammerness, K., Low, E. L., McIntyre, A., Sato, M., & Zeichner, K. (2017). Empowered educators: How high-performing systems shape teaching quality around the world. John Wiley & Sons
In this review of three dozen methodologically rigorous global studies, Darling-Hammond et al. found that “collective work in trusting environments provides a basis for inquiry and reflection into teachers’ own practices, allowing teachers to take risks, solve problems, and attend to dilemmas in their practice” (p. 10). This article also references the 2014 OECD TALIS study which found that teacher collaboration is positively associated with professional confidence and that “frequent…