The association of school environment to student teachers' satisfaction and teaching commitment

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Huang, Shwu yong L ^a   Waxman, Hersh C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional commitment; School environment; Secondary school; Student teachers; Student teaching; Teacher retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149083528     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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