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    Teachers’ perception about the role of professional learning communities in developing instructional climate at secondary schools in Lahore
    (UMT Lahore, 2021) Muhammad Tahir Masood
    The main purpose of this study was to explore teachers' perception about the role of PLCs in developing instructional climate at secondary schools in Lahore. A quantitative survey design with correlational analysis was utilized to examine the relationship between teachers’ perception about professional learning communities and instructional climate at secondary schools in Lahore. The population for this study was the teachers employed at secondary schools in Lahore. The sample population was 200 teachers working at secondary schools in Lahore. Random sampling method was utilized to make sure the representation of whole population as closely as possible. Two survey instruments were utilized for the study. The instrument for PLC was adapted from PLCA-R and the questionnaire for instructional climate was adapted from school climate survey. The analysis of data collected for this study was performed through the statistical software SPSS. The study results showed a positive and strong correlation between PLC and instructional climate. The results of the study revealed that teachers strongly believe that PLCs have a favorable impact on instructional climate. The results of this study also showed that the males have better perceptions about PLC than the females and there is no difference in the perceptions of males and females about the instructional climate and teachers’ perception about PLC improves with the age and teaching experience while there is no impact of age and teaching experience on the perception of teachers about instructional climate and there is no impact of qualification on the teachers’ perception about PLC and instructional climate. With these results, it is inspiring to believe that further investigation may be performed to discover whether PLCs have a positive impact on instructional climate at higher level. Recommendations are that further research should be conducted at national level to find out the positive effects of PLCs on instructional climate.