Teachers' experiences of mentoring on a flexible initial teacher education programme: Implications for partnership development

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-32

  Pitfield, Maggie ^a   Morrison, Liz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible initial teacher education; Partnership with schools; Teacher mentors

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449089747     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470802587095     Document Type: Article

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