Becoming a teacher: Transitions from training to the classroom in the NWFP, Pakistan

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-444

  Westbrook, Jo ^b   Shah, Nazneen ^a   Durrani, Naureen ^a,b   Tikly, Clare ^b   Khan, Wazim ^a   Dunne, Máiréad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; Educational quality; Newly qualified teachers (NQTs); Pakistan; Pedagogies; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LEARNING; TEACHING; TRAINING;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349117803     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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