A quintessentially feminine domain? Student teachers' constructions of primary teaching as a career

Educational Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-303

  Carrington, Bruce ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036748182     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305569022000003735     Document Type: Article

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