Doing more with less: Teacher professional learning communities in resource-constrained primary schools in rural China

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-276

  Sargent, Tanja C ^a   Hannum, Emily ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Education policy; In service training; Poverty; Rural schools; Teacher professional learning communities; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549126747     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487109337279     Document Type: Article

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