The retention question in context-specific teacher education: Do beginning teachers and their program leaders see teachers' future career eye to eye

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 665-678

  Tamir, Eran ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catholic schools; Context specific teacher education; Jewish day schools; Religious teacher preparation; Teacher attrition; Teacher career; Teacher retention; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349122668     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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