Viewing classroom discipline as negotiable social interaction: A communities of practice perspective

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Pane, Debra Mayes ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom discipline; Communities of practice; Critical theory; Disproportionality; Legitimate peripheral participation; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649098454     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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