Evaluating the impact of teacher professional development: an evidence-based framework

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-111

  King, Fiona ^a,b  

^a Professional Development Service for Teachers   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

change; evaluation; framework; impact; professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895901480     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2013.823099     Document Type: Article

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