Teachers’ networks in and out of school

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-234

  Carmichael, Patrick ^a   Fox, Alison ^b   McCormick, Robert ^b   Procter, Richard ^a   Honour, Leslie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Networked learning; Professional development of teachers; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549118727     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520600615729     Document Type: Article

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