Teachers for the global age: A call to action for funders

Teaching Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-117

  Devlin Foltz, Betsy ^a  

^a The Longview Foundation for Education in World Affairs and International Understanding   (United States)

Author keywords

Funding; Global education; Internationalization; Teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249117659     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: 14701286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210903467032     Document Type: Article

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