Continuing professional development for Scottish teachers: Tensions in policy and practice

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 777-792

  O'Brien, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPD; policy; Scotland; teacher professionalism; teacher standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859399638     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2011.616099     Document Type: Review

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