The value and valuing of continuing professional development: Current dilemmas, future directions and the case for action research

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 461-472

  Hardy, Ian ^a   Rönnerman, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

action research; managerialism; neoliberalism; teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860719138     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2011.625004     Document Type: Article

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