Considering 'best practice': The social construction of teacher activity and pupil learning as performance

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-392

  Adams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education policy; Learning; Social constructionism; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649221492     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057640802299635     Document Type: Article

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