Co-teaching as a context for teachers' professional learning and joint knowledge construction

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 999-1008

  Rytivaara, Anna ^a   Kershner, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co teaching; Inclusive education; Teacher knowledge; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863880695     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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