Motivations and profiles of cooperating teachers: Who volunteers and why?

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-279

  Sinclair, Catherine ^a   Dowson, Martin ^a   Thistleton Martin, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperating teachers; Motivation; Professional experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344445097     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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