Teachers' professional development: A solitary or collegial (ad)venture?

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-101

  Clement, Mieke ^a   Vandenberghe, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Collegiality; Learning experiences; Learning opportunities; Learning space; Professional development; Qualitative research; School organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033637831     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(99)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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