The antecedents of teacher satisfaction with professional development programs

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 377-386

  Nir, Adam E ^a   Bogler, Ronit ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

On the job training; Professional development; Survey research; Teacher attitudes; Teacher job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949155307     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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