What makes teacher professional development effective? A literature review

Teacher Learning That Matters: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-21

  van Veen, Klaas ^a   Zwart, Rosanne ^b,c   Meirink, Jacobiene ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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