Sexuality, schooling, and teacher identity formation: A critical pedagogy for teacher education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-390

  Vavrus, Michael ^a  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical pedagogy; Gender; Multicultural education; Sexuality; Teacher education; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349122493     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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