Teacher learning via communities of practice: A Malaysian case study

International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-174

  Murugaiah, P ^a   Azman, H ^b   Thang, S M ^b   Krish, P ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blogging; Cognitive presence; Online communities of practice; Professional development; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873125286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18334105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ijpl.2012.7.2.162     Document Type: Article

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