Classroom-level teacher professional development and satisfaction: Teachers learn in the context of classroom-level curriculum development

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-620

  Shawer, Saad ^a  

^a Ittihad University   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

continuing education; continuing professional development; curriculum implementation; professional satisfaction; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856108863     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2010.489802     Document Type: Article

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