Between a rock and a (very) hard place: The ambiguous promise of action research in the context of state mandated teacher professional development

Action Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-80

  Judah, Mary Lee ^a   Richardson, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

authentic professional development; conversation; reprofessionalization; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247652964     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750306060543     Document Type: Article

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