Cultivating communities of practice via learning study for enhancing teacher learning

KEDI Journal of Educational Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-104

  Keung, Cheng Chi ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Hong Kong; Learning community; Learning Study; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450161687     PISSN: 17394341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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