Building and connecting learning communities: The power of networks for school improvement

Building and Connecting Learning Communities: The Power of Networks for School Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-118

  Katz, Steven ^a,b,b,c  

^a Aporia Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Ontario Ministry of Education   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity trap; Collective understand; Critical friend; Enabler; Formal leader; Informal leadership; Literacy lead; Mat; Plc; Relational trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949780623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452219196     Document Type: Book

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