Vocational teachers in the face of a major educational reform: Individual ways of negotiating professional identities

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-33

  Vähäsantanen, Katja ^a   Eteläpelto, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational reform; Identity negotiation; Professional identity; Vocational teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449122111     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080802709620     Document Type: Article

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