Professional development in a culture of inquiry: PDS teachers identify the benefits of professional learning communities

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-256

  Snow Gerono, Jennifer L ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Professional Learning Communities; School university partnerships; Teacher Development; Teacher Inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444370648     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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