Irish teachers' experience of professional development: Performative or transformative learning?

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 793-815

  Sugrue, Ciaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

accountability; autonomy; capacity building; continuing professional development; curriculum reform; performativity; policy and practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859401577     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2011.614821     Document Type: Article

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