Building and sustaining communities of practice beyond the fold: Nurturing agency and action

Leadership and Professional Development in Science Education: New Possibilities for Enhancing Teacher Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 218-236

  Pedretti, Erminia ^a,b   Bencze, Larry ^a   Hodson, Derek ^a   Decoito, Isha ^a,b   Di Giuseppe, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Imperial Oil Centre for Studies in Science Mathematics and Technology Education   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203447864     Document Type: Chapter

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