The impact of a mentor-coaching model on teacher professional development

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Onchwari, Grace ^a   Keengwe, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Literacy; Mentor coaching; Mentoring; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249097563     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0233-0     Document Type: Article

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