Borders to cross: Identifying sources of tension in mentor-intern relationships

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2132-2145

  Bradbury, Leslie Upson ^a   Koballa Jr , Thomas R ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Science education; Student teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849143797     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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