Nice and kind, smart and funny: What children like and want to emulate in their teachers

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-157

  Hutchings, Merryn ^a   Carrington, Bruce ^b   Francis, Becky ^c   Skelton, Christine ^d   Read, Barbara ^c   Hall, Ian ^e  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40749156716     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701663959     Document Type: Article

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