Essay review Departments as contexts for understanding and reforming secondary teachers’ work: Continuing the dialogue

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-104

  Gutiéarrez, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 3543040326     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002202798183783     Document Type: Article

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