Successes and challenges of implementing a teacher education project in rural Sierra Leone

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-25

  McDermott, Peter ^a   Allen, Nancy ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Literacy education; Sierra Leone; Teachers' professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923332137     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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