'Them and us': Teachers' and tutors' experiences of a 'new' professional development course in Greece

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Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-319

  Gravani, Maria N ^a   John, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'New' and 'traditional' approaches to in service training; Adult learning; Greek context; Professional development programmes; Qualitative research; Secondary and university teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044461501     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920500212597     Document Type: Article

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