The impact of school-based training on classroom assistants in primary schools

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-160

  Swann, Will ^a   Loxley, Andrew ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom assistants; Primary school; Professional relationships; Specialist teacher assistants; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949338558     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152980130203     Document Type: Article

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