Participatory teacher development at schools: Processes and issues

Action Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-48

  Koutselini, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

action research; change of teachers' implicit knowledge and beliefs; education; reflective paradigm of teacher development; teachers' previous schooling experiences and cultural values

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749128439     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750307083718     Document Type: Article

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