Collaborative action research and project work: Promising practices for developing collaborative inquiry among early childhood preservice teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-431

  Moran, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Collaborative inquiry; Reflective practice; Social constructivist teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947206036     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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