Trajectories in teacher education: Recognising prior learning in practice

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Andersson, Per ^a   Hellberg, Kristina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Identity; Pre school teacher education; Recognition of prior learning; Situated learning; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549090884     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598660903052274     Document Type: Article

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