Learning communities in learning schools: Developing the social capacity for change

The Routledge International Handbook of Teacher and School Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 477-492

  Louis, Karen Seashore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203815564-53     Document Type: Chapter

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