Competing priorities in professional development: An Australian study of teacher professional development policy and practice

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-290

  Hardy, Ian ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Democracy; Neoliberalism; Policy; Practice; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650932199     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598660802364135     Document Type: Article

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