ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the inception of the peer-to-peer network, the Canadian Principal Learning Network (CPLN), created to assist principals in making decisions and in solving common problems so that knowledge generated through the network can be mobilized among the research users and researchers. It recounts the evolution of the CPLN web site as well as two workshops on the use of the Objective Knowledge Growth Framework (OKGF). The chapter describes how the OKGF based on the critical rationalism of Karl Popper functions as a reflective framework and how principals engage and interact in an online learning community using the OKGF to inform their decision-making process. The Peer-to-Peer Network for School Principals (PPNSP) has been adapted from a similar concept originally developed for business contexts. It draws upon several theoretical influences. One is Wenger's ideas about shared learning and communities of practice. Much research in leadership points to at least two barriers facing principals with respect to their professional learning.
