Lesson study in Asia Pacific classrooms: Local responses to a global movement

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 915-925

  White, Allan Leslie ^a   Lim, Chap Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Globalization; Lesson study; Teacher leader; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957578640     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-008-0138-4     Document Type: Article

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