The role of 'accomplished teachers' in professional learning communities: Uncovering practice and enabling leadership

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-470

  Lieberman, Ann ^a,b   Pointer Mace, Désirée H ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALVERNO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational reform; Multimedia representations of teaching; Professional development; Professional learning communities; Records of practice; Technology and teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149176311     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600903057237     Document Type: Review

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