Teachers' spaces for coping with change in the context of a reform effort

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-256

  Zembylas, Michalinos ^a   Barker, Heidi Bulmahn ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Educational reform; Emotions; Spaces for coping; Teachers and teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547461818     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-007-9025-y     Document Type: Article

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