Taking teachers' continuous professional development (CPD) beyond reflection: Adding shared sense-making and collaborative engagement for professional renewal

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-215

  McArdle, Karen ^a   Coutts, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Continuous professional development (CPD); Reflection; Sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649361250     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158037X.2010.517994     Document Type: Article

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