Teachers' beliefs and continuing professional development

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-231

  de Vries, Siebrich ^a   van de Grift, Wim J C M ^a   Jansen, Ellen P W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Continuing professional development; Education; Secondary education; Teachers; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874814738     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231311304715     Document Type: Article

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