Experienced teachers' informal workplace learning and perceptions of workplace conditions

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-298

  Hoekstra, Annemarieke ^a   Korthagen, Fred ^b   Brekelmans, Mieke ^c   Beijaard, Douwe ^d   Imants, Jeroen ^e  

^a NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Schools; Teachers; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949116814     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620910954193     Document Type: Article

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