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Inservice teacher educators work with teachers to facilitate and support teacher professional learning and practice and ultimately student learning. However, despite the wealth of literature concerning teacher inquiry and professional development there has been little research related to inservice teacher educators, their work and their professional learning.
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Mcgee, A. (2011). Building Collaborative Professional Learning Within an Organisation. In: Higgins, J., Parsons, R., Bonne, L. (eds) Processes of Inquiry. Professional Learning, vol 10. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-531-4_4
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