Teachers as mediators between educational policy and practice

Educational Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-423

  Brain, Kevin ^a   Reid, Ivan ^a   Boyes, Louise Comerford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education policy and practice; Teacher adaptation; Teacher education; Teacher mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750311822     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690600850396     Document Type: Article

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