Notice of RetractionSchool Cluster for Teacher Professional Development Based on ICT

Notice of Retraction

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We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.

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School cluster is a new model for teacher professional development (TPD) based on informationand communication technology (ICT); it focuses on the cooperation and communication among schools and teachers in fargoing distributed areas and different levels. The strategies for organization and learning service are the key points for implementation of teacher professional development activities in school cluster. As the new concepts and methods, teaching reflection, teaching process research, peers´ assistance and professional leading are used to realize TPD effectively. Following with the strategies and new methods, we are trying to make improvement of school-based training, resource sharing, collaborative research, as well as development of learning communities and school clusters.