Safe Passages: Providing Online Support to Beginning Teachers

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-320

  Dewert, Marjorie Helsel ^a   Babinski, Leslie M ^b   Jones, Brett D ^c  

^a SAS inSchool   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginning teacher induction; Collaborative consultation; Computer mediated communication; Mentors; Online community; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043240729     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487103255008     Document Type: Article

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