Building literacy communities of practice across subject disciplines in secondary schools

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 420-433

  Wright, Noeline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Literacy; Pedagogical content knowledge; Professional development; Secondary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248976468     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le800.0     Document Type: Article

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