How the structure and focus of teachers' collaborative activities facilitate and constrain teacher learning

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Levine, Thomas H ^a   Marcus, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Professional development; Staff development; Teacher collaboration; Teacher improvement; Teacher professional community

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349124433     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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