UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

A professional learning community is a group of educators who collaborate regularly to improve teaching and student learning. Sharing strategies and resources with colleagues is a hallmark of such communities. They reflect a culture of collective responsibility and continuous improvement. Therefore,the community described in the stem is a professional learning community.

Option A:
Professional learning communities encourage joint planning,peer observation and reflective dialogue about practice. The focus is clearly on learning from one another about teaching,which matches the meeting described in the question.

Option B:
Political communities involve shared political interests or activism and are not primarily focused on teaching strategies.

Option C:
Disciplinary communities refer to groups built around a subject area,such as mathematics or history,but the key idea in the stem is professional learning through sharing strategies rather than subject identity alone.

Option D:
Neighbourhood communities are based on geographic proximity rather than shared professional aims,so this option is not suitable.