Improving teachers’ practice in poorly performing primary schools: The trial of the GPLMS intervention in Gauteng

Education as Change

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-318

  de Clercq, Francine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Instructional reform; monitoring; quality support; teacher change and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926142367     PISSN: 16823206     EISSN: 19479417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16823206.2014.919234     Document Type: Article

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