Communities of practice and the professional development of geography teachers

Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-116

  Chalmers, Lex ^a   Keown, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; TEACHER TRAINING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33745837851     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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