Talk, planning and decision-making in interdisciplinary teacher teams: A case study

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-176

  Havnes, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Interdisciplinary teaching; Teacher learning; Teacher team

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649136512     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600802661360     Document Type: Article

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