Dialogic peer coaching as teacher leadership for professional inquiry

International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-124

  Charteris, Jennifer ^a   Smardon, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communities of practice; Dialogue; Inquiry; Leadership; Leading; Peer coaching; Schools; Teacher leadership; Teacher professional learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930193888     PISSN: 20466854     EISSN: 20466862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJMCE-03-2013-0022     Document Type: Article

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