Understanding teachers' careers: Linking professional life to professional path

Educational Research Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Rinke, Carol R ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Teacher retention; Teacher workforce; Teachers' lives; Teaching (occupation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749083268     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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