Collaborative inquiry and distributed agency in educational change: A case study of a multi-level community of inquiry

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-26

  Butler, Deborah L ^a   Schnellert, Leyton ^b   MacNeil, Kimberley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent literacy; Agency; Collaborative inquiry; Educational change; Efficacy; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894233021     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-014-9227-z     Document Type: Article

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