Knowledge for teacher development in India: The importance of 'local knowledge' for in-service education

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-52

  Dyer, Caroline ^a   Choksi, Archana ^a   Awasty, Vinita ^a   Iyer, Uma ^a   Moyade, Renu ^a   Nigam, Neerja ^a   Purohit, Neetu ^a   Shah, Swati ^a   Sheth, Swati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; In service training; Local knowledge; Teacher attitudes; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; TEACHER TRAINING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1642538205     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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