Thinking more deeply about networks in education

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  de Lima, Jorge Ávila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Educational change; Networks; Teacher collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149138498     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-008-9099-1     Document Type: Article

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