Dancing on the Threshold of Meaning: Recognizing and Understanding the Growing Edge

Journal of Transformative Education

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-351

  Berger, Jennifer Garvey ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

liminal processes; professional development; teachers; transformation, change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990353920     PISSN: 15413446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541344604267697     Document Type: Article

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