Action research in initial teacher education: An explorative study

Educational Action Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-72

  Ax, Jan ^a   Ponte, Petra ^b   Brouwer, Niels ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action research; Curriculum development; Initial teacher education; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549084711     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790701833105     Document Type: Article

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