Israeli teachers' perceptions of mentoring effectiveness

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-403

  Shapira Lishchinsky, Orly ^a  

^a The College of Sakhnin for Teacher Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Mentoring; Teachers; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449086485     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540910970485     Document Type: Article

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