The quality teaching movement in Australia encounters difficult terrain: A personal perspective

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-106

  Dinham, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

international testing; Quality teaching; teacher assessment; teacher development; teacher standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880106680     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: 20505884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004944113485840     Document Type: Review

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