Teaching, rather than teachers, as a path toward improving classroom instruction

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-102

  Hiebert, James ^a   Morris, Anne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

school teacher effectiveness; teacher education development; teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857027873     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487111428328     Document Type: Article

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