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Social Forces in School Teams

How Demographic Composition Affects Social Relationships

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Interpersonal Relationships in Education

Part of the book series: Advances in Learning Environments Research ((ALER))

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Relationships among educators are more and more regarded as an important element to schools’ functioning, and a potential source of school improvement. Educational practitioners and scholars around the world are targeting teacher interaction as a way to facilitate knowledge exchange and shared teacher practice through a variety of collaborative initiatives, such as communities of practice, professional learning communities, and social networks (Daly, 2012; Daly & Finnigan, 2009; Hord, 1997; Moolenaar, 2012; Sleegers, den Brok, Verbiest, Moolenaar, & Daly, 2013; Wenger, 1998).

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  1. University of California, San Diego, USA

    Nienke M. Moolenaar

  2. University of Twente, The Netherlands

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  3. University of California, San Diego, USA

    Alan J. Daly

  4. University of Twente, The Netherlands

    Peter J. C. Sleegers

  5. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Moolenaar, N.M., Daly, A.J., Sleegers, P.J.C., Karsten, S. (2014). Social Forces in School Teams. In: Zandvliet, D., Brok, P.d., Mainhard, T., Tartwijk, J.v. (eds) Interpersonal Relationships in Education. Advances in Learning Environments Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-701-8_10

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