Attending to problems of practice: Routines and resources for professional learning in teachers' workplace interactions

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-217

  Horn, Ilana Seidel ^a   Little, Judith Warren ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In service teachers; Professional community; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951450357     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209345158     Document Type: Article

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