Reframing teacher professional learning: An alternative policy approach to strengthening valued outcomes for diverse learners

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 328-369

  Timperley, Helen ^a   Alton Lee, Adrienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme

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EID: 38949191985     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X07308968     Document Type: Article

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