Union learning representatives: Facilitating professional development for Scottish teachers

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Alexandrou, Alex ^a   O'Brien, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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