The educational-cultural edge: A participative learning environment for co-emergence of personal and institutional growth

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1907-1918

  Gorodetsky, Malka ^a   Barak, Judith ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b KAYE ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Edge culture; Educational change; Participative communities; Partnerships; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649084440     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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