The social fabric of elementary schools: A network typology of social interaction among teachers

Educational Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-371

  Moolenaar, Nienke M ^a,b   Sleegers, Peter J C ^b   Karsten, Sjoerd ^c   Daly, Alan J ^a  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

social network; teacher collaboration; teacher interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866440980     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2011.643101     Document Type: Article

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