Teacher learning communities and educational change in Scotland: The Highland experience

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-284

  Priestley, Mark ^a   Miller, Kate ^a   Barrett, Louise ^b   Wallace, Carolyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952429233     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920903540698     Document Type: Review

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