Quality Teaching Rounds as a professional development intervention for enhancing the quality of teaching: Rationale and study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-95

  Gore, Jennifer ^a   Smith, Max ^a   Bowe, Julie ^a   Ellis, Hywel ^a   Lloyd, Adam ^a   Lubans, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention; Professional development; Quality teaching; Teacher development; Teaching rounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947427686     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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