Developing strategies for communities of practice

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 751-764

  Cheng, Eric C K ^a   Lee, John C K ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Content strategy; Facilitation skills; Knowledge transfer; Process strategy; Small class; Teaching skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926392057     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-07-2013-0105     Document Type: Article

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