Bridging the gap between teacher educator and teacher in a community of practice: A case of brokering

System

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-163

  He, An E ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Broker; Communities of practice; ELT; Language teaching education; Learning study; Professional development activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449092656     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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