Becoming, being and unbecoming an early childhood educator: A phenomenological case study of teacher attrition

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 869-885

  Sumsion, Jennifer ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; Early childhood education; Metaphor analysis; Preservice teachers; Teacher attrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036794538     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(02)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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