In‐service training for teachers who work in full‐day schools. Evidence from GreeceFootnote1

1. Previous version of a paper presented in 28^th ATEE Annual Conference in Malta, August 2003. We wish to thank conference participants for their helpful comments on a previous version of this paper.

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