Student teachers' competence and career certainty: The effects of career anxiety and perceived control

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-423

  Daniels, Lia M ^a   Clifton, Rodney A ^b   Perry, Raymond P ^a   Mandzuk, David ^a   Hall, Nathan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career anxiety; Career certainty; Perceived control; Practicum; Student teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846023987     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-006-9000-0     Document Type: Article

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