Experienced teachers' informal learning: Learning activities and changes in behavior and cognition

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-673

  Hoekstra, Annemarieke ^a   Brekelmans, Mieke ^a   Beijaard, Douwe ^b   Korthagen, Fred ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Informal learning; Learning activities; Professional development; Teacher change; Teacher learning; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349147663     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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