Great expectations: Teacher learning in a national professional development programme

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 336-346

  Armour, Kathleen M ^a   Makopoulou, Kyriaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning theory; Physical education and school sport; Professional development; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856435153     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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