The role of environmental factors in beginning teachers’ professional learning related to differentiated instruction

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 557-579

  De Neve, Debbie ^a   Devos, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; differentiated instruction; professional learning communities; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950153983     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2015.1122637     Document Type: Article

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