Virtual communities for professional development: Helping teachers map the territory in landscapes without bearings

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-82

  Murphy, Elizabeth ^a   Laferrière, Thérèse ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0037630338     PISSN: 00024805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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