Reclaiming the ground of master's education for teachers: Lessons to be learned from a case study of the East Midlands Masters in Teaching and Learning

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-59

  Bailey, Mary ^a   Sorensen, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration; Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL); personalisation; professional development (PD); teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873895090     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2012.733190     Document Type: Article

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