His ideas are in my head: peer-to-peer teacher observations as professional development

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-64

  Hamilton, Erica R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

K 12 professional development; peer observation; teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873876597     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2012.726202     Document Type: Article

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