Practitioners' self-evaluations of contrasting types of professional development

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-254

  Dunst, Carl J ^a   Raab, Melinda ^a  

^a Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute Asheville   (United States)

Author keywords

adult learning; in service training; practitioner evaluation; professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957315690     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053815110384702     Document Type: Article

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