'Schools and Continuing Professional Development in England - State of the Nation' research study: Policy context, aims and design

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-394

  Pedder, David ^a   Opfer, V Darleen ^a   McCormick, Robert ^b   Storey, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPD policy; Data collection and analysis; Effective CPD; Research design; Sampling; Teachers' professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959882673     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2010.529637     Document Type: Review

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