Resilience under fire: Perspectives on the work of experienced, inner city high school teachers in the United States

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 812-825

  Brunetti, Gerald J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner city high schools; Inner city teacher; Teacher motivation; Teacher persistence; Teacher resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749519967     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.04.027     Document Type: Article

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