Enhancing teacher performance: The role of professional autonomy

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Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Hyslop Margison, Emery J ^a   Sears, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic freedom; Accountability; Collaboration; Communities of learning; Democracy; Neoliberalism; Professional development; Professionalization; Teacher autonomy; Teacher performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149151894     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: 15731790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10780-010-9106-3     Document Type: Article

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