Rites of passage in initial teacher training: Ritual, performance, ordeal and numeracy skills test

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 863-878

  McNamara, Olwen ^a   Roberts, Lorna ^b   Basit, Tehmina N ^b   Brown, Tony ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036953485     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192022000019107     Document Type: Article

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