Emergent Collectivity: Teachers as interdependent e-designers of professional development in K-6 Science and Technology

Journal of In-Service Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-656

  Forsyth, Lachlan ^a   Schaverien, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84898516080     PISSN: 13674587     EISSN: 17475082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674580500200389     Document Type: Article

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