The road taken: Professional pathways in innovative curriculum development

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 657-674

  Leat, David ^a   Lofthouse, Rachel ^a   Taverner, Sally ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Thomas More RC High School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Innovation; Professional development; Social capital; Thinking skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849181613     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600601029686     Document Type: Article

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