Promoting a professional school culture through lesson study? An examination of school culture, school conditions, and teacher self-efficacy

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 112-129

  Schipper, Tijmen M ^a,b   de Vries, Siebrich ^b   Goei, Sui Lin ^a,c   van Veen, Klaas ^b  

^a WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lesson study; professional school culture; school conditions; school leadership; teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85068177638     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2019.1634627     Document Type: Article

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