What do professional learning policies say about purposes of teacher education?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 183-194

  Kennedy, Aileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

policy; professional learning; purposes of education; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929028125     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2014.940279     Document Type: Article

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