Impact of teachers' professional development on school improvement-an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Hoque, Kazi Enamul ^a   Alam, Gazi Mahabubul ^a   Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Classroom observation; In service training; School improvement; Teachers' collaboration; Teachers' professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961170590     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-010-9107-z     Document Type: Article

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