Complexity science and professional learning for collaboration: A critical reconsideration of possibilities and limitations

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-162

  Fenwick, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity science; emergence; health care; professional collaboration; professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859577777     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2012.644911     Document Type: Article

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