Teacher learning through reciprocal peer coaching: An analysis of activity sequences

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 982-1002

  Zwart, R C ^a   Wubbels, Th ^b   Bolhuis, S ^c   Bergen, Th C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity sequence; Learning activity; Learning process; Professional development; Reciprocal peer coaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849118157     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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