Teachers' professional discretion and the curricula

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-478

  Boote, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum policy; Professional autonomy; Professional development; Professional discretion; Teacher development; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448929646     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13450600600644319     Document Type: Article

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