A situated account of teacher agency and learning: Critical reflections on professional learning communities

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-216

  Riveros, Augusto ^a   Newton, Paul ^a   Burgess, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational reform; Peer collaboration; Professional learning communities; Situated learning; Teacher agency; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865321762     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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