Let's lunch and learn: Professional knowledge sharing in teachers' lounges and other congregational spaces

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 972-978

  Mawhinney, Lynnette ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congregational spaces; Lives of teachers; Professional development; Teacher education programs; Teachers' lounges

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949265491     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.039     Document Type: Article

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