Using Wenger's Communities of Practice to explore a new teacher cohort

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-75

  Cuddapah, Jennifer L ^a   Clayton, Christine D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

professional development; teacher induction; urban teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551490186     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487110377507     Document Type: Article

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