Changing step or marking time? Teacher education reforms for the learning and skills sector in England

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-173

  Thompson, Ron ^a   Robinson, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

further education; learning and skills; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449638928     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770801975330     Document Type: Article

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