Effective professional learning communities? the possibilities for teachers as agents of change in schools

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-29

  Watson, Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84894598685     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3025     Document Type: Article

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