Negotiating a teaching identity: An African American teacher's struggle to teach in test-driven contexts

Teachers College Record

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 747-774

  Agee, Jane ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 2442540311     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2004.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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