Can Professional Environments in Schools Promote Teacher Development? Explaining Heterogeneity in Returns to Teaching Experience

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 476-500

  Kraft, Matthew A ^a   Papay, John P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

professional development; professional environment; returns to experience; school context; teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903891228     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713519496     Document Type: Article

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