Building teacher capital in pre-service teachers: Reflections on a new teacher-education initiative

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 68-84

  Ferfolja, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 70350769790     PISSN: 1835-517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2008v33n2.5     Document Type: Article

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