Teachers' professional development: A theoretical review

Educational Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-429

  Postholm, May Britt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

continuous development; continuous learning; further development; teacher learning; teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868597052     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2012.734725     Document Type: Article

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