Systemic professional learning through collaborative inquiry: Examining teachers' perspectives

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 67-78

  DeLuca, Christopher ^a   Bolden, Benjamin ^a   Chan, Jessica ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative inquiry; In service teacher education; Professional development; Professional learning; Professional learning community

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020168240     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.05.014     Document Type: Article

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