Unveiling professional learning: Shifting from the delivery of courses to an understanding of the processes

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 688-704

  Gravani, Maria N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

In service training; Professional learning; Qualitative methodology; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147099115     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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