Stories of teacher alienation: A look at the unintended consequences of efforts to empower teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-201

  Pugh, Kevin J ^a   Zhao, Yong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational change; Educational innovation; Educational technology; Teacher alienation; Teacher empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037319433     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(02)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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