Constructing a new professional identity: Career change into teaching

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 639-647

  Williams, Judy ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career change; Communities of practice; Identity; Learning; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349100958     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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