Building teacher identity with urban youth: Voices of beginning middle school science teachers in an alternative certification program

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1044-1062

  Proweller, Amira ^a   Mitchener, Carole P ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHOOL ORGANIZATION; TEACHER SOCIALIZATION; URBAN YOUTH;

CURRICULA; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 10844282820     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20036     Document Type: Article

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