It's the little things: Exploring the importance of commonplace events for early-career teachers' motivation

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-58

  Kitching, Karl ^a   Morgan, Mark ^b   O'Leary, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Affect; Commitment to teaching; Diary methods; Emotions; Motivation; Self efficacy; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649112934     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600802661311     Document Type: Article

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