Who is the "Professional"in a professional learning community? An exploration of teacher professionalism in collaborative professional development settings

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-171

  Servage, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neo liberalism; PLCs; School reform; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950545354     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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