Moving science off the "Back Burner": Meaning making within an action research community of practice

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-39

  Goodnough, Karen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Teacher development; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049131623     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-007-9077-0     Document Type: Article

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