Collaborative action research approaches promoting professional development for elementary school teachers

Educational Action Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-72

  Jaipal, Kamini ^a   Figg, Candace ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative action research; Elementary teachers; Professional development; University facilitators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951785749     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2011.547688     Document Type: Article

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