The meaning of quality professional learning for school improvement: articulating a coherent vision rooted in a theoretical perspective on learning

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 639-667

  Lancer, Jared R ^a  

^a State Education Resource Center   (United States)

Author keywords

advancing learning; pedagogy; theoretical perspective on learning; theoretical soundness; urban school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945485248     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2014.971821     Document Type: Article

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