Teacher research in secondary education: Effects on teachers' professional and school development, and issues of quality

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-50

  Meijer, Paulien C ^a   Oolbekkink, Helma W ^b   Meirink, Jacobiene A ^c   Lockhorst, Ditte ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Oberon   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Research quality; Research validity; School development; School university collaboration; Teacher learning; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871718410     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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