Collaboration: The big new idea for school improvement?

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-235

  Evans, Jennifer ^a   Castle, Frances ^a   Cooper, Deborah ^a,b   Glatter, Ron ^a,b   Woods, Philip A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16644363235     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093052000341412     Document Type: Article

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