Teacher involvement in curriculum design: Need for support to enhance teachers' design expertise

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-57

  Huizinga, Tjark ^a   Handelzalts, Adam ^a   Nieveen, Nienke ^b   Voogt, Joke M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum design; design expertise; teacher as curriculum maker; teacher designer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891956408     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2013.834077     Document Type: Article

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