Action research as a professional development activity

Arts Education Policy Review

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-94

  West, Chad ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Professional development; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928316617     PISSN: 10632913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10632913.2011.546697     Document Type: Article

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