The personal and professional selves of teachers: Stable and unstable identities

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 601-616

  Day, Christopher ^a,c   Kington, Alison ^a   Stobart, Gordon ^b   Sammons, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745623405     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920600775316     Document Type: Article

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