Teacher learning in the context of Lesson Study: A video-based analysis of teacher discussions

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 211-224

  Vrikki, Maria ^a   Warwick, Paul ^a   Vermunt, Jan D ^a   Mercer, Neil ^a   Van Halem, Nicolette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Lesson study; Professional development; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995747409     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.10.014     Document Type: Article

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