How fares the ‘New Professionalism’ in schools? Findings from the ‘State of the Nation’ project

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-138

  Storey, Anne ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPD; culture change in teaching; New Professionalism; performance management; State of the Nation study

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959902811     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585170902948806     Document Type: Article

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