Action learning in teacher learning community formation: Informative or transformative?

Teacher Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-148

  Aubusson, Peter ^a   Steele, Frances ^a   Dinham, Steve ^b   Brady, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action learning; Peer observation; Professional learning community; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547105561     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530701414746     Document Type: Article

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