@inbook{451a834e78764ceebbc5213a9f60d87b,
title = "The Role of a WhatsApp Group of a Professional Learning Community of Chemistry Teachers in the Development of Their Knowledge",
abstract = "The authors analyze chemistry teachers' discourse in a WhatsApp group. This online communication platform is used for continually studying the communication behavior of leading chemistry teachers who are members of a professional learning community (PLC). They describe the network of chemistry teachers' PLC in Israel, which provides the context for the study. WhatsApp enables sustained ongoing, intensive interaction, and sharing of knowledge that is practical, directly related to the members' needs, and is participant driven and constructivist in nature. A theoretical perspective of teachers' knowledge and professional development (PD) was developed in 2015 by Gess-Newsome, which was applied to examine the mechanism underlying teachers' knowledge development.",
author = "Ron Blonder and Ruth Waldman",
note = "This research was supported by the Trump Foundation [grant numbers 154]; the National Chemistry Teachers{\textquoteright} Center and was supported by the Ministry of Education [Tender: 09.07.13]. We would like to thank the leading team of the chemistry PLC: Dr. Dvora Katchevich, Dr. Malka Yayon, Dr. Rachel Mamlok-Naaman, Mrs. Sara Ekons, and Mrs Enas Easa.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.4018/978-1-5225-8106-2.ch007",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
isbn = "9781522581079",
series = "Mobile Technologies in Educational Organizations",
publisher = "IGI Publishing",
pages = "117--140",
booktitle = "Mobile Technologies in Educational Organizations",
address = "الولايات المتّحدة",
}