Self-study in teaching and teacher development: A call to action

Educational Action Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-62

  Pithouse, Kathleen ^a   Mitchell, Claudia ^a   Weber, Sandra ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creative methodologies; Participatory methodologies; Self study; Social action; South Africa; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549105238     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790802667444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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