Mature student teachers in initial teacher education in Greece: Personal and academic identities

European Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Kaldi, Stavroula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Mature students; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849095539     PISSN: 02619768     EISSN: 14695928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619760802553014     Document Type: Article

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