Looking for cohesion: The role of search for meaning in the interaction between teacher and reform

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-308

  Luttenberg, Johan ^b   van Veen, Klaas ^a   Imants, Jeroen ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

educational reform; teacher identity; teacher sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879152602     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2011.630746     Document Type: Article

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