A comparative analysis of primary teacher professionalism in England and Finland

Comparative Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-107

  Webb, Rosemary ^a   Vulliamy, Graham ^a   Hämäläinen, Seppo ^b   Sarja, Anneli ^b   Kimonen, Eija ^b   Nevalainen, Raimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; TEACHING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942469433     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305006042000184890     Document Type: Article

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