Reassembling teacher professional development: the case for Quality Teaching Rounds

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 352-366

  Bowe, Julie ^a   Gore, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

pedagogical framework; Professional development; professional learning community; teacher collaboration; teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978517890     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2016.1206522     Document Type: Article

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