Comparing the Impact of Online and Face-to-Face Professional Development in the Context of Curriculum Implementation

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 426-438

  Fishman, Barry ^a   Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^b   Kubitskey, Beth W ^c   Vath, Richard ^a   Park, Gina ^a   Johnson, Heather ^d   Edelson, Daniel C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

professional development; science education; teacher knowledge; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885927110     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487113494413     Document Type: Article

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