Can continuing professional development for teachers be shown to raise pupils' achievement?

Journal of In-Service Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 437-457

  Flecknoe, Mervyn ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27744433081     PISSN: 13674587     EISSN: 17475082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674580000200144     Document Type: Article

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