"You are getting too old, find a man and marry": Social aspects of motivation to choose teacher education

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 49-63

  Beltman, Susan ^a   Wosnitza, Marold ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross national; Methodology; Motivation; Pre service teacher education; Social environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049125647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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