Complex positioning: Teachers as agents of curricular and pedagogical reform

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-46

  Leander, Kevin M ^a   Osborne, Margery D ^a  

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Author keywords

Activity units; Curriculum development; Hands on science; Organizational change; Peer coaching; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849108130     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270601089199     Document Type: Article

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