"I'm learning the trade": Mentoring networks of black women teachers

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-377

  Dingus, Jeannine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women teachers; Mentoring; Race; Womanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449103592     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907311794     Document Type: Article

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