The perceived significance of the supervisor, the assistant, and parents for career development of beginning kindergarten teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-354

  Oplatka, Izhar ^a   Eizenberg, Mervar ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early Carrer; Kindergarten Socialization; Mentoring; Parents; Preschool teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947276714     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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