Teacher educators' professional learning described through the lens of complexity theory

Teachers College Record

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1275-1304

  Zellermayer, Michal ^a   Margolin, Ilana ^a,b  

^a The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

^b School College Partnership

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EID: 27744522847     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2005.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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