Teacher professional development, technology, and communities of practice: Are we putting the cart before the horse?

Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 120-153

  Schlager, Mark S ^a   Fusco, Judith ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 84871556954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511805080.009     Document Type: Chapter

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