Fostering teachers' design expertise in teacher design teams: conducive design and support activities

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-163

  Huizinga, Tjark ^a,b   Handelzalts, Adam ^a,f   Nieveen, Nienke ^c   Voogt, Joke ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development (SLO)   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

curriculum design; curriculum development; design expertise; teacher designer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921882032     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2014.990395     Document Type: Article

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