Teacher professional development, technology, and communities of practice: Are we putting the cart before the horse?

Information Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-220

  Schlager, Mark S ^a   Fusco, Judith ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity structures; Community of practice; Online community; Sociotechnical infrastructure; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041728654     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240309464     Document Type: Article

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