Teachers' reflections of professional change during a literacy-reform initiative

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1288-1303

  Nielsen, Diane Corcoran ^a   Barry, Arlene Lundmark ^a   Staab, Pam Trefz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary schools; Focus groups; Professional development; Reading; Reform; Self efficacy; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449120131     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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