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Bruniges, M. (2007). Teacher Professional Judgement in Teaching and Learning Decisions. In: Maclean, R. (eds) Learning and Teaching for the Twenty-First Century. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5773-1_14

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