'Turning the tap on and off: The recruitment of overseas trained teachers to the United Kingdom

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 39-54

  McNamara, Olwen ^a,b,c   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Howson, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Primary Initial Training Programme   (United Kingdom)

^c Teach First Greater Manchester Programme   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Manchester ^*

Author keywords

Migration; Overseas trained teachers; Teacher workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348978242     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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